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The academics are warning of the importance of understanding such storms to protect our global communications and energy infrastructure for the future.The collaborative research, which was carried out by an international team of scientists, will be published today in The Royal Society’sand reveals new insights into the Sun’s extreme behavior and the risks it poses to Earth.
The researchers say that the occurrence of similar massive solar storms today could be catastrophic for modern technological society, potentially wiping out telecommunications, satellite systems, and electricity grids - and costing us billions of pounds. They warn that it is critical to understand the future risks of events like this, to enable us to prepare, build resilience into our communications and energy systems and shield them from potential damage.
Professor Bard said: “Direct instrumental measurements of solar activity only began in the 17th century with the counting of sunspots. Nowadays, we also obtain detailed records using ground-based observatories, space probes, and satellites. However, all these short-term instrumental records are insufficient for a complete understanding of the Sun.
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