07/02/2013 Newsround


07/02/2013

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On the way - how prepared are we for the next solar superstorm? And

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out with the nowt - the school which has banned slang words.

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nowt., It's nothing. All this to come, but first they

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happen every 100-200 years, massive radiation blasts from the sun,

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which could cause electricity blackouts and even disrupt aircraft.

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They are called solar superstorms. The UK should be able to cope when

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the next one hits. Nel's been looking into this. The sun is an

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explosive place. It often throws out blasts of energy and particles.

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Every few hundred years though, the energy from a massive explosion

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hits Earth. After travelling through space at one million miles

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an hour. This is known as a solar superstorm. Scientists say the

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Earth will be hit by one at some point. The magnetic fields are

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incredibly strong. Basically, the magnetic field gets stressed and

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then breaks and explodes. That gives a big burst of energy. You

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can think of the magnetic field as like a rubber band. If I stretch

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this rubber band and I have my cloud of charged particles ready,

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if I then let go - the cloud of charged particleed fly off into

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space. The last time a super solar storm hit Earth was 1859. All over

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the planet people reported seeing colourful shows in the night skies.

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Birds began to sing thinking dawn had arrived. How prepared are we

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this time around? According to the findings of an expert panel the UK

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would cope well. The huge bursts of radiation could cause some problems

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- power cuts, for example, planes would be grounded and GPS

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satellites that help us found our way around will stop working. It

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has been compared to what happened when the volcano erupted in Iceland

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three years ago, creating a huge ash cloud. That stopped thousands

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of plane journeys and lasted a few weeks. Super solar storms only

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happen every couple of hundred years. When one hits we could be

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treated to some spectacular scenes in the night sky. Head over to the

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Newsround website to check out Joe's guide to the sun. Next,

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there's another warning today about the threat to elephants in Africa

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from poaching. Conversationists say the problems in ga bon is out of

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control. They say more than 11,000 elephants have been killed since

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2004. The demand for ivory in parts of Asia for things like jewellery,

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cuff links and medicines is behind the trade. It is hoped a big

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meeting of Governments next month will come up with tougher measures

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against poaching. If you are asking your teacher to pass something, do

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you say gizzit 'ere or, please give me it? A school has banned children

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from saying certain phrases in Middlesbrougher. Nowt is no longer

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allowed, and gizzit 'ere. The school says it is not trying to get

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rid of the local accent, but wants to help the children speak English

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properly, so they can be clearly understood. Here are some of the

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pupils trying out the new rules. It's nowt. No, it's nothing. I've

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done that. No, I have done it. say you don't know.

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Lots of you have been in touch with comments on in. -- on this. Here

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Finally, from banned words to banned kids - that is because an

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airline has decided to ban children from some parts of the planes. Air

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Asia is giving people the option to book a seat in a quiet zone where

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no children under 12 will be allowed. Outrageous, isn't it? It

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