Technology has improved many aspects of our life. However, it turns out our reliance on it could be a major Achilles heel during the next severe solar storm.
that can travel at the speed of light, which means that it could simultaneously damage all susceptible electronic devices in its path. This is inconvenient for anyone affected and can have severe implications if large numbers of electronics are damaged quickly.
The power supply can flow unhindered after the initial EMP pulse and with broken insulators, wreaking havoc on electrical circuitry.Because of this, one of the most significant possible effects of a strong enough solar storm could be the cascading harm caused to digital infrastructure. The failure of one component in the system might potentially result in an overload in another, which would then cause another, and so on throughout the network.
Shielding with metal is the first technique. This consists of a continuous piece of metal, such as steel or copper, used to effectively encase sensitive electronics and protect them from the worst effects of EMPs. However, any holes in the shield must be smaller than the wavelength of the radiation tat is being kept out, or the shield will not create an unbroken conducting surface.
The more challenging elements can handle much higher currents. Although testing of this technology revealed unforeseen failures, it is believed that it could help make current systems less vulnerable. For most industrialized countries, retroactive hardening of this kind would be expensive and time-consuming. Still, if specialists are right, solar weather events, and even e-bombs, could be a ticking time bomb. Some consider that an intense enough EMP burst will be observed, not if, but when.
"Trying to do a hindsight investigation, we're very conscious of that lack of data, and there's been quite a bit of work done trying to fill in the gaps," he added,On August 28, 1859, the most significant solar outburst ever recorded occurred. Often called the "1859 Solar Superstorm" or the "Carrington Event" after amateur astronomer Richard C. Carrington observed and documented it, this event made history.
"It's not just any old magnetic storm," Boteler said. "We think it was actually the shock of that second CME arrival that caused the Hydro-Québec blackout."
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