Future of Earth the ozone layer that protects the surface from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun. An increase in UV-B radiation of only 10–30% is sufficient to cause a significant impact to life; particularly to the phytoplankton that form the base of the oceanic food chain. A supernova explosion at a distance of 26 light years will reduce the ozone column density by half. On average, a supernova explosion occurs within 32 light years once every few hundred million years, resulting in a depletion of the ozone layer lasting several centuries. Over the next two billion years, there will be about 20
Burning Like the Midnight Sun the Midnight Sun" has received some of the most positive reviews of any album in the band's career. Jeff Eibel, writing for the Spin Control column in the "Chicago Sun-Times", called The Choir's latest release "a late-career triumph," and remarked that "Midnight Sun" was the band's "second exceptional album in a row, and its best since 1990's landmark "Circle Slide"." "Christianity Today"′s Andrew Greer highlighted the band's ability to create "smooth musical clarity to contrast the murky exploration of everyday faith," while "The Phantom Tollbooth"′s Derek Walker called "Midnight Sun" a "sonic delight" and The Choir's "most cohesive, melodic and