The Sun with Caitlin Hofmeister

This week, our producer Caitlin Hofmeister is joining the pod to talk about the Sun, and lending her expertise as a host of the YouTube channel SciShow Space. The Sun affects pretty much everything we do here on Earth, from our weather to our technology. So what schemes have scientists been cooking up to shield the Earth from the Sun? How have solar flares affected humans… and should we be afraid of them? And is “Guy” really a good nickname, or is this star more special than that? Sources: [Definition] https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~pberlind/atlas/htmls/note.html [Truth or Fail] https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/geoengineering-solution-no-9-the-fl-2008-09-08/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/geoengineering-holds-promise-but-the-technology-needs-work/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/blocking-the-sun-is-no-plan-b-for-global-warming/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_sunshade https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-11/uoa-ssm110306.php [Fact Off] Ocean mines: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sun-may-have-detonated-dozens-of-us-sea-mines-uncovered-navy-documents-reveal https://vva.vietnam.ttu.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/83295 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018SW002024 http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_Mines.php#Vietnam_War_%22Destructor%22_Mines http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-068.php#Magnetic_Mines 2012 solar storm: [Ask the Science Couch] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/multimedia/layerzoo.html https://www.space.com/17160-sun-atmosphere.html https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/sun1.html [Butt One More Thing] https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1507&context=sttcl https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/georges-bataille-the-solar-anus Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .