August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... travel at millions of kilometres an hour. If one of these CMEs were to hit Earth head-on, it would have the power to ...slow and divert solar radiation and ions from a powerful CME seems entirely possible. Chart showing the Magnetic field level ...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... were destroyed. The Earth’s inner iron core creates a magnetic shield that protects us against the Sun’s CMEs. At least it usually does. But a marked weakening in Earth’s magnetic field - verified by satellite mapping of the geomagnetosphere by the...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... overall technological impact is well documented, including a 90-minute blackout affecting 50,000 customers in Sweden. July 2012 - this CME was not directed towards Earth but, if it had, would have generated a very severe Carrington class geomagnetic...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... and solar storms known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) Changes to Earth’s magnetosphere that eradicate effective shields...cent less effective in warding off the supercharged ions in a CME than about 20 years ago. The B612 Foundation Sentinel infrared...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...for example, has suggested that a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun could result in a two trillion dollar hit...and the Department of Homeland Security to cope with a major CME event. The recent determination about the shift in Earth’s ...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... Sun will produce thousands of flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with a wide spectrum of energies. Occasionally, however, ... on 6 March 1989 and was accompanied by a fast-moving CME that reached the Earth three days later. On 12 March, the...
