Jan 5 2009
From The Space Library
NASA released the findings of a study investigating the potentially severe consequences of extreme solar eruptions upon communications, power grids, and other technology on Earth. The study, which NASA had funded and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) had conducted, provided the first economic data about the effect of solar activity on Earth, quantifying the extent to which fluctuations in the Sun’s magnetic field affect Earth. NASA had requested that NAS conduct the study to assess the potential of significant space weather events to damage Earth’s electronic infrastructure during the next 20 years.
NASA, “NASA-Funded Study Reveals Hazards of Severe Space Weather,” news release 09-001, 5 January 2009, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jan/HQ_09-001_Severe_Space_Weather.html (accessed 14 January 2010); Rick C. Hodgin, “NASA Studies Solar Flare Dangers to Earth-Based Technology,” TG Daily, 6 January 2009, http://www.tgdaily.com/trendwatch-features/40830-nasa-studies-solar-flare-dangers-to-earth-based-technology (accessed 3 February 2011).
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