Violent solar storms that threaten the Earth - 01/12/2022 - Science - brytfmonline.com

In 1972, dozens of sea mines mysteriously exploded off the coast of Vietnam – and it was recently confirmed that the explosions were caused by solar storms, which can greatly destabilize the Earth’s magnetic field.

This magnetic energy is released by intense rays of light known as solar flares and by massive emissions of material and magnetic fields known as coronal mass ejections or solar storms.

If one of these blasts is fired toward our planet and its magnetic field is in the opposite direction to Earth’s alignment, the two fields could come together.

When a solar storm sweeps through space, part of the Earth’s magnetic field is distorted into a long tail.

But this distortion of the Earth’s magnetic field has other, more important effects.

The mines were designed to detect small differences in the magnetic field caused by the approach of ships with metallic objects.

Our records of Earth’s magnetic field date back to the mid-19th century, and they indicate that severe space weather may occur every 100 years, but smaller events occur more frequently.

In 1859, the Carrington event – the largest solar storm on record – caused sparks in telegraph systems, and the aurora borealis were also observed in the Bahamas.

All of them can be seriously affected as a result of severe solar events.

Several satellites and electrical grids have failed during recent space events, showing that the Sun needs close monitoring to help predict when a solar storm will affect Earth.

Space weather is a risk equivalent to a severe heat wave or the emergence of a new infectious disease.

Government agencies are now reaching out to energy companies, spacecraft operators, and airlines to make sure they have plans in place to reduce the impact of extreme space weather events.

During space events, aircraft operators divert their planes away from the polar skies, where most energy particles enter Earth’s atmosphere.