Scientists Studying Tree Rings Say ‘Radiation Storm’ Miyake Events Caused ‘Huge Solar Flares’

Scientists Studying Tree Rings Say ‘Radiation Storm’ Miyake Events Caused ‘Huge Solar Flares’
Coastal Redwood trees stand at Muir Woods National Monument in Mill Valley, Calif., on Aug. 20, 2013. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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A team of scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia have turned to trees in an effort to discover more about mysterious and potentially devastating radioactive space storms that have hit earth several times over the past 10,000 years.

The team of researchers included an undergraduate student and was led by Benjamin Pope from the University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics. They analyzed the rings from millennia-old trees.

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