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NASA Summit, held June 8, 2010 Fears for telecommunications and the economy World
Here is the article published by NASA SCIENCE NEWS
As The Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather
According to NASA, our computer networks and the power could be destroyed by the peak of solar activity planned for the coming years. In Washington, not surprisingly opened the Forum on Climate Solar sponsored by NASA in which its protagonist is the peak of stellar activity. According to Richard Fisher, a scientist at NASA, "Our technological society has developed an unprecedented sensitivity to solar storms." We are, in fact, dependent on eBay. The wave of particles, including its effects, could have also to send in the tilt of our satellites. We could, within a short time left in the dark, without electricity and communications. "The first sign of danger would come when the radiation began to disrupt radio signals and GPS devices. Ten or twenty minutes later, the commercial satellites that transmit phone conversations, television and information of all kinds would be virtually wiped out, "said Tom Bogdan, a scientist who has mathematical model to represent what could happen. Shortly after
would be the time of all power lines. The radiation would be able to induce current on high voltage power lines. That would lead to the destruction "of virtually all processors on the planet. " All this would happen simultaneously everywhere. As Fisher points out, "the sun is awakening from a deep sleep, and within a few years we expect to see much higher levels of solar activity." The National Academy of Sciences had already addressed the problem two years ago in a report titled "Severe events related to solar time - social and economic consequences." The document noted how people of the 21st century rely on hi-tech to the core activities of their daily lives. The electricity network, GPS navigation, air travel, financial services and emergency radio communications can be swept away from intense solar activity.
sources: The Subsidiary - by Annalisa noiegliextraterrestri
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Express News' hard life of astronomers. Now we are to bring together emergency conference to discuss "how to prevent the destruction of civilization in the next few years because solar storms." It opens today in fact, the Forum on Climate Solar Washington, DC, events sponsored by NASA, which will necessarily discuss the peak of solar activity, scheduled for the next three years.
WAVE ENERGY - In a world like ours where the energy and information networks are now an assumption irreplaceable che condizionano la nostra civiltà e il nostro modo di vivere, il picco delle radiazioni stellari di cui si discute non è per niente una buona notizia. Per Richard Fisher, scienziato dell’Agenzia Spaziale, “la nostra società tecnologica ha sviluppato una sensibilità alle tempeste solari senza precedenti”. E la massiccia ondata di particelle solari, se effettivamente rilasciata, potrebbe mandare in tilt la maggior parte dei satelliti che orbitano attorno al nostro pianeta, lasciandoci tutti al buio, isolati e bloccati: uno scenario terribile.
LA DEVASTAZIONE – Tom Bogdan, che ha sviluppato il worst-case scenario riguardo la futura tempesta, non ha dubbi: saremmo davanti ad una “nuova Katrina”. According to the mathematical model developed, in fact, "the first sign of danger would come when the radiation began to interfere with radio signals and GPS devices. Ten or twenty minutes later, the commercial satellites that transmit phone conversations, television and information of all kinds would be virtually wiped out. " The next day, touched the power lines: solar radiation were in fact able to induce current in the high-voltage lines "destroying virtually any processor on the planet." Without electricity, the scientist continues, down even water, heating and telephone. And the worst part of the disaster is the fact that all this would happen simultaneously over the entire surface of the globe, so unlike a natural disaster "classic" - hurricanes, earthquakes - which affect one area.
ARMAGEDDON - It is only in doubt. If the Mayans are right, and the world will end in 2012, that risk may be a solar storm coming for the next year? We expect hard years, that's for sure: the American media are wondering if it is not appropriate to recruit Bruce Willis emergency.
Source: www.express-news.it
"... the sun can throw at Earth dangerous flows of radiation"
ROME - The Sun may launch to Earth dangerous radiation and particles flows even when it reaches the minimum of his eleven-year cycle of activity-as in this period-and its surface is devoid of sunspots. The discovery, made by a large group of American researchers and announced in the Journal of Geophysical Research, comes as you are extending an exceptional minimum of solar activity is astonishing that the scientists themselves. "For now the sun is a surprise after the other - said Sarah Gibson, a spokesman for the group and geophysics at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado." Until now it was thought that the so-called solar wind touched the lowest levels at the minimum of activity, even when the spots almost disappear from the surface. Instead, by studying the behavior of our star, during the last minimum in 2008, and comparing with the previous low of 1996, we found that this belief is unfounded: the solar wind may invest the Earth as a flame thrower even when there are spots. "
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
The metaphor of the flamethrower, of course, is not to be taken literally. In fact, it may happen that a strong flow of elementary particles from the sun, now at the Earth's orbit at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second, hits the Earth's magnetic field that acts as a shield against questo tipo di radiazioni e riesce a penetrarlo, scatenando tempeste elettromagnetiche. Il fenomeno può avere risvolti rilevanti anche per la nostra vita quotidiana poiché la maggior parte dei moderni sistemi elettronici e di telecomunicazioni è vulnerabile rispetto a questi eventi e può andare in tilt, causando una serie di blackout a catena che investono i satelliti artificiali, le linee elettriche e quelle telefoniche, i trasporti, le trasmissioni radio e televisive, gli apparati GPS, eccetera.
STRATEGIE
Secondo i ricercatori americani i flussi di radiazioni durante il «Sole quieto» del 2008, piuttosto che alle inesistenti macchie, sono associati a «buchi» che si producono nella hot solar atmosphere. The risks associated with solar storms has spoken in recent days, even during an international seminar at the headquarters of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Rome. "We have hosted an international meeting sponsored by SCAR (Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research), which had as its central theme of the next maximum of solar activity expected in 2012 and countermeasures to mitigate the effects on satellite navigation systems, such as the well-known GPS, but also the Russian GLONASS and the upcoming European Galileo system, reports the director of research Georgiana De Franceschi -. The polar regions provide a natural laboratory for the observation and study of disorders weathering from the sun, which affect the provision of technological equipment based on satellite navigation systems, reducing the accuracy and reliability. Experts from different countries, led by the upper atmosphere physics group of INGV, have therefore come together to plan the observation and study the polar atmosphere through an international network of special GPS receivers located on the Antarctic continent. " From these studies, we expect a better understanding of two features of the atmosphere: water vapor in the lower atmosphere (troposphere) and the content of electrons in the upper part (the ionosphere), which influence the propagation of radio waves.
Franco Foresta Martin
news of September 21, 2009
Source: Corriere della Sera
