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...
September 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...
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 ...
25 November 2015
Russian research scientist and mathematician recognized for space weather research
... International Alexander Chizhevsky Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate, as part of the 12th European Space Weather Week which opened in Belgium this week. Space weather forecasts are an integral part in planning space missions, not only that...
