The year was 2001 – the first of the new millennium. It was also the year astronomers reached a historic milestone: they had catalogued more planets orbiting distant stars than the eight we knew about in our own solar system!.

There are many features of the sun that will likely be seen during the total solar eclipse including the spectacular corona, helmet streamers, the thin red ring of the chromosphere, and perhaps a few prominences.

One of the most beautiful things about viewing the solar corona during a total solar eclipse is the light from the corona itself.

It took more than 20 years to broadly accept that mankind is causing global warming with the emission of greenhouse gases. Why have warnings about climate change been ignored ?

 

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Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and scientists are more than 95% certain that it is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities.

 

How does the solar eclipse affect the atmosphere on Earth? Participate in a nation-wide science experiment by collecting cloud and temperature data.

• The Sun-climate connection
• Are changes in solar radiation contributing to global warming?
• Are other particles causing global cooling?
• What is causing increases in the Earth’s average temperature, and how do we know this?
• How does the solar eclipse affect the atmosphere on Earth?Participate in a nation-wide science experiment by collecting cloud and temperature data
• What happens to your pets and other animals during the solar eclipse?
• You can participate in citizen science solar eclipse projects