How could these solar explosions cause the giant waves?
The sun has a temper and often unleashes it in the form of solar storms, which spew gobs of plasma swarming with charged particles that can seriously mess with satellites, internet and GPS on Earth.
Scientists agree that solar storms can generate tsunami-type shock waves or"solar tsunamis" that wreak havoc on the sun rather than Earth, as NASA reported when the phenomenon was caught by its Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory in 2006. This shock wave, also known as a Moreton wave, was powerful enough to compress and heat up hydrogen and other gases in the sun until the entire star was burning brighter. This happened in only minutes.
Solar storms that affect Earth are the result of solar flares or coronal mass ejections, which usually occur when magnetic fields on the sun tangle or break. Both explode with gargantuan amounts of energy and send intense solar winds rocketing into space. When the charged particles in solar winds reach Earth and interact with the ionosphere — the outermost part of our atmosphere on the edge of space — they can cause satellite and GPS signals to glitch, according to NASA .
There is more support for this thinking. A 2011 study published in the journal Scientific Research observed that earthquakes increased during the solar maximum — the stretch of time during the sun’s 11-year cycle when it is most active and most likely to release blasts of solar wind that warp the shape of Earth's magnetic field. This could put extra pressure on the crust by pushing Earth’s magnetic field against the tectonic plates that lie beneath, influencing tsunami-causing earthquakes.
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