Thursday, April 05, 2007

Why Your GPS Will Want You To Drive To Hawaii

Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS

"The Global Positioning System, relied on for everything from navigating cars and airplanes to transferring money between banks, may be threatened by powerful solar flares, a panel of scientists warned Wednesday."


One of the most intense solar maximums in history coming up

"Evidence is mounting: the next solar cycle is going to be a big one. Solar cycle 24, due to peak in 2010 or 2011 "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping began almost 400 years ago..."

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