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Power Grids and Satellites Are More at Risk from Extreme Solar Storms Than We Thought
Exactly how dangerous are solar storms? Scientists think the Carrington Event was one of the most powerful ones to ever hit Earth. They also think that storms that powerful only happen every couple centuries or so. But a new study says we can expect more storms equally as strong, and more often.....
the authors compared the Carrington Event to other storms in 1872, 1909, 1921, and 1989. They found that two of them – in 1872 and 1921 – were comparable to this event. But the 1989 storm caused massive power outages in Quebec, Canada. The researchers concluded, logically, that the Carrington Event wasn’t the unique, powerful storm that we think it was.
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Exactly how dangerous are solar storms? Scientists think the Carrington Event was one of the most powerful ones to ever hit Earth. They also think that storms that powerful only happen every couple centuries or so. But a new study says we can expect more storms equally as strong, and more often.....
the authors compared the Carrington Event to other storms in 1872, 1909, 1921, and 1989. They found that two of them – in 1872 and 1921 – were comparable to this event. But the 1989 storm caused massive power outages in Quebec, Canada. The researchers concluded, logically, that the Carrington Event wasn’t the unique, powerful storm that we think it was.
