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Science NASA warns Sun may economically damage Earth
Science NASA warns Sun may economically damage Earth | NASA warns Sun may economically damage Earth |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Tuesday, 13 January 2009 | |
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Page 2 of 3 The NAS report continues, “As a first step toward determining the socioeconomic impacts of extreme space weather events and addressing the questions of space weather risk assessment and management, a public workshop was held in May 2008.” Featured Whitepaper
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Science Discussions"The workshop concluded with a discussion of un- or underexplored topics that would yield the greatest benefits in space weather risk management.” According to the NAS report major eruptions in the solar wind, what is called coronal mass ejections, could produce major damage in communications, power grids, and other technologies on the Earth. The Sun produces plasma continuously in the form of what we call the solar wind. Sometimes, though, the Sun releases larger-than-normal amounts of plasma materials within gigantic clouds of plasma called coronal mass ejections. Then this happens these clouds containing billions of tons of matter can cause large magnetic storms in the Earth’s magnetosphere and upper atmosphere. What happens when these solar clouds appear? Please read page three. |
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