Activity increases on the Sun, as sunspots proliferate

(Before It's News)

January 9, 2013 – SPACE – CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate a 35% chance of M-class flares and a 5% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours. The most likely source would be sunspot AR1652; it has a ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class eruptions. The active region is circled in this Jan. 8th image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory: Of greater interest, perhaps, is the large sunspot emerging just south of AR1652. Denoted by an arrow, the unnumbered region is crackling with C-class solar flares and, based on its size, could be capable of even stronger eruptions. We will know more in the days ahead as the sunspot turns toward Earth; a more direct view will reveal what kind of magnetic field the sunspot possesses. –Space Weather

• (Major) Earthquakes list January 9, 2013
• “It’s a Loopy Sun” by NASA/SDO
• Volcano activity of January 8, 2013
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Aegean Sea rattles cities in Turkey and Greece
• Incidents of elephant rampage on the rise in India
• Dust from West Africa over the Atlantic Ocean
• Strong earthquake in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, close to Lemnos and the Turkish coast (Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria)
• Massive outburst in neighbor galaxy surprises astronomers. Is the Milky Way next?
• Australia sweltering in record heatwave
• Mexican Colima volcano erupted but activity subsided now