March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...’s direct impact is associated with incoming charged particles, while its indirect impact is correlated to the fact that space weather can heat the upper atmosphere and cause it to expand. However, each disaster is unique, since a hazard impacts...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... storms on Earth that induce electrical currents in the ground and degrade power-grid operations The largest space-weather event to impact the Earth in recorded history occurred on 1-2 September 1859 when a particularly strong CME hit Earth...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...-based computer models of the belts, as well as tools for industry that quantify the operational risk posed by space weather using real-time data. About the author Alexander Lozinski is a radiation belt researcher. He is currently completing a PhD...
March 2015
Space weather: the public & policy
... eruption on 16 April 16 2012 captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Such events contribute to space weather Thus the Space Weather Public Dialogue is complementing and supporting the wider development of UK policies for mitigating the...
April 2025
Life in the Sun’s atmosphere - the looming threat of solar storms
...Despite our increasing dependence on digital infrastructure, the world remains underprepared for a Carrington-scale event. “Severe space weather could disable electricity grids and cause power outages across whole regions,” warned Lloyd’s Chair Bruce...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
...Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at the agency’s Headquarters. “Space weather is what it is – our job is to prepare... will help scientists to provide warnings about potential space weather events that could play havoc with the electrical ...
