Jobkins Centre for Strategic Studies warns of the danger of solar activity this year
The current solar cycle no. 25 began at the end of 2019, which last almost 11 years. Last year, a strong G5 geomagnetic storm occurred in May, followed by another G4 storm in October of the same year.
The report published by Jobkins Centre for Strategic Studies dealt with the expected damage as a result of these storms, namely:
It will cause risks and impact on electric power grids both on the ground and those that power the engines of artificial satellites and aircraft as a result of a change in the magnetic field that generates continuous electric currents in the electric power transmission wires, which may cause damage to generators and transformers, as well as disconnecting communications with satellites and aircraft in addition to the operated from satellite-connected operations centers the ionosphere is one of the upper layers of the atmosphere, which contains free electrons and charged ions, and therefore it is used in the field of communications to reflect "radio waves", in addition to affecting the health of astronauts on their flights and may lead to death due to exposure to this magnetic field, and these radiations may affect humans on earth despite the presence of the atmosphere.
The General Manager of the centre, engineer Mohannad Abbas Haddadin, recommended that there should always be alternative sources of energy in case of power outages, as well as for important communications, and the use of electrical circuits with various filters to get rid of radiation of unwanted frequencies to protect the electrical circuits of these devices to keep them working.
On the other hand, it is possible to watch the effect of the solar storm at the North and South poles of the Earth, when charged particles approach the Earth's atmosphere, the geomagnetic field tries to push them away and deflect their path towards the poles to interact with air atoms in the upper atmosphere layers, forming beautiful colors above the poles where this phenomenon is called "Aurora borealis".
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