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Solar Storms Seen as Growing Threat to Power Grids
Original: Disasters from the Sun: Threats to Power-grids and Digital Infrastructure
A new analysis warns that solar activity, including powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections, could cripple electricity grids, satellites and digital infrastructure worldwide. The piece argues that modern societies' dependence on connected technology makes them increasingly vulnerable to space weather, and calls for better forecasting, hardened infrastructure and international preparedness to limit damage from a major solar event.
Why now: Concern about space weather is rising as solar activity increases and economies grow more dependent on digital infrastructure.
the Sunpower gridsObserver Research Foundation
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