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Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun? (1x18)

Uitzenddatum: Feb 22, 2022

Space weather is what causes beautiful Northern Lights, or aurora. But it also can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. In fact, it was space weather that brought down 40 SpaceX satellites during the production of this episode. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat human civilization has ever experienced. That’s because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a geomagnetic storm could create grid down scenario. Watch this episode to learn how solar weather can effect the grid, what we can do to prepare and what we can learn from the Carrington Event. Elon Musk’s satellites are only the tip of the iceberg for what can be lost to a major Coronal Mass Ejection or CME so we’ll also learn how to prepare or harden the grid.