Prehistoric trees hint an immense solar storm hit Earth 14,300 years ago

Ancient semi-fossilized tree rings may hold the clues to the largest solar flare event ever known, which occurred some 14,000 years ago, according to researchers. The researchers investigated “subfossils,” which are particle fossilized biological material, from a forest in the Southern French Alps. They sliced the tree samples into hundreds of single tree-rings and analyzedContinue reading “Prehistoric trees hint an immense solar storm hit Earth 14,300 years ago”
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