How An Extreme Solar Storm Almost Wiped Out Our Entire Electronic Infrastructure

Solar superstorms and Aurora Science in Alaska
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Resources and further reading:
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/swe.20097
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JA009504
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38918-8
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2021986/amp
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-mass-ejections
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm/
https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-solar-storm-risk-to-the-north-american-electric-grid/1/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf
https://www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016SW001491
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-solar-storms-threatening-life-earth.amp