Cosmic Ray Influenced Reduction of Oceanic pH during Solar Eclipse

Abstract

On 22 July 2009 South India had a partial eclipse, and the radiational effect due to eclipse is analysed through an indirect method of analyzing the pH value of seawater, and our first result shows a reduced effect. The experiment on the longest eclipse day of the millennium on 15 January 2010, an annular eclipse of 98% obscuration, confirms the initial result. Analysis with previous studies suggests that eclipse effect is different than night time chemistry. The first observation of reduction of pH in seawater during eclipse and its cause are reported in this paper. In the course of solar eclipse, due to the change in pressure gradient force gravity induced reduction in stratospheric Ozone concentration is formed and which allows short range radiations. We found a positive correlation between the ionospheric and stratospheric anomalies and the biosphere. The nocturnal behavioural studies of marine organisms are addressed within the frame of pH and enzyme activity and the results reveal the requirement of a reassessment in such studies in the context of pH change due to gamma ray ionization during eclipse.