ARLA/CLUSTER: NASA estuda soluções para lidar com tempestades solares extremas

[Pedro Ribeiro (CR7ABP)]

NASA’s Solar Shield to mitigate damage to power grid from severe solar
stormsThe solar storms that cause the stunning aurora borealis and aurora
australis (or northern and southern polar lights) also have the potential to
knock out telecommunications equipment and navigational systems and cause
blackouts of electrical grids. With the frequency of the sun’s flares
following an 11-year cycle of solar activity and the next solar maximum
expected around 2013, scientists are bracing for an overdue, once-in-100
year event that could cause widespread power blackouts and cripple
electricity grids around the world. It sounds like an insurmountable problem
but a new NASA project called “Solar Shield” is working to develop a
forecasting system that can mitigate the impacts of such events and keep the
electrons flowing.

Artigo completo em:
http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-solar-shield/16744/

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