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Weathered

Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?

We learn how solar weather can affect the grid and what we can do to prepare.

02/22/2022

FromDigital Studios

Weathered

Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?

Season 2 Episode 8 | 10m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

We learn how solar weather can affect the grid and what we can do to prepare.

Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a geomagnetic storm could create a grid-down scenario. We learn about the Carrington Event, Coronal Mass Ejection, and how to harden the grid.

02/22/2022

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Weathered

Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?

Season 2 Episode 8 | 10m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a geomagnetic storm could create a grid-down scenario. We learn about the Carrington Event, Coronal Mass Ejection, and how to harden the grid.

02/22/2022

FromDigital Studios

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