THE FUSE

Solar storms unleash massive bursts of charged particles from the sun, reaching Earth's atmosphere and sparking debates about their influence on earthquakes. Scientists have put forward models linking these solar events to seismic shifts, blending space weather with ground-level tremors in ways that challenge traditional views. A fresh ScienceDaily article from February 24, 2026, highlights Kyoto University research proposing that solar flares disturb the ionosphere, generating electric fields that could nudge fragile crustal fractures toward rupture.