What are the effects of the solar radiation?
- Can harm electronics
- Can harm space shuttles, rockets and astronauts
- Sunrise/sunset
- Disrupts monsoons, causing unseasonable rains, droughts etc.
- Can turn blue skies into gray skies
- Can cause sun burns, skin cancer
- Impacts respiratory health
How does the Earth protect itself from solar radiation?
- Earth's position in space is perfect for life
- Atmosphere contains ozone, a special kind of oxygen that blocks most of solar radiation
- Ozone layer made from solar radiation
Solar Radiation
This is the atmoshere, It contains ozone which protects us from harmful solar radiaton.
By: Nausheen Akhtar
What is Solar Radiation?
- Energy from sun
- Known as sunlight
- Part of short-wave electomagnetic spectrum
- Comes in forms of visible light, radio waves, UV light and infrared heat
This is a solar flare, It can have a huge impact on humans.
Is solar radiation helpful in any way?
- Colorful sunsets
- Vitamin D
- Photosynthesis
- Stabilizes global temperatures
- Reducing sea ice melting
- Reversing ice sheet melting
- Reversing sea level rise