Re: Solar Storms Help Destroy The Ozone . . .
Tom -
Ozone reflects infra-red back to the Earth's surface - it's like the junction in a transistor - light in other frequencies hits the Earth, is converted to infra-red, which is then trapped -
It has a big effect on climate - locating the mechanism for sunspots' effects on weather has been a big goal for many - this differs from storms, where the fusion containment is broken completely -
Perhaps SOHO is one source for the data which is causing a re-evaluation of the radiation hazard to astronauts in inter-planetary space -
EP