Scientists have been refuting claims that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Programme caused the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS – Conspiracy theories about a US research station have resurged, with social media users falsely blaming it for thefollowing debunked claims it causes weather disasters and spreads the coronavirus.
Some claimed it was to punish Turkey for resisting the admission of new member countries to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Haarp sends radio waves to heat electrons in the ionosphere, the top layer of Earth’s atmosphere, to study their effects on communications systems. Its waves are not big enough to reach Turkey.Experts told AFP lights are commonly seen during earthquakes. Theories vary about their origin. In some cases, they come from power lines or electricity stations shaken by the quake.
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