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  1. US study warns a 1-in-250-year solar storm could cut power to 5 million, cost $1.8 billion a day

    New research estimates the devastating effects an extreme geomagnetic storm would have on the United States and how…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #geomagneticstorm #powergrid #Science #solarpower #Solarstorm #SpaceWeather #theUnitedStates #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/769221/

  2. In case anybody needs something else to worry over...

    "Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics-engineering-economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer vulnerability, and macroeconomic consequences. Using the United States as an example, we estimate daily economic losses for a 250-year geomagnetic storm from transformer thermal heating of 1.81 billion USD (95 percent confidence interval: 1.65 to 1.96 billion USD), disrupting power for approximately 5.1 million people and 135,000 businesses. These estimates are conservative lower bounds, reflecting only transformer thermal heating effects and excluding voltage collapse, cascading failures, and restoration costs. The true societal risk could be substantially higher. Nonetheless, this contribution provides the first nationwide end-to-end coupling from space physics to potential macroeconomic loss, with quantified uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that coupled socio-economic modeling of space weather is feasible and essential, and the framework is scalable and transferable, offering a template for assessing space weather risk to critical infrastructure in other countries."

    #SpaceWeather
    #GeomagneticStorm
    #GridFailure

    agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  3. In case anybody needs something else to worry over...

    "Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics-engineering-economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer vulnerability, and macroeconomic consequences. Using the United States as an example, we estimate daily economic losses for a 250-year geomagnetic storm from transformer thermal heating of 1.81 billion USD (95 percent confidence interval: 1.65 to 1.96 billion USD), disrupting power for approximately 5.1 million people and 135,000 businesses. These estimates are conservative lower bounds, reflecting only transformer thermal heating effects and excluding voltage collapse, cascading failures, and restoration costs. The true societal risk could be substantially higher. Nonetheless, this contribution provides the first nationwide end-to-end coupling from space physics to potential macroeconomic loss, with quantified uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that coupled socio-economic modeling of space weather is feasible and essential, and the framework is scalable and transferable, offering a template for assessing space weather risk to critical infrastructure in other countries."

    #SpaceWeather
    #GeomagneticStorm
    #GridFailure

    agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  4. In case anybody needs something else to worry over...

    "Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics-engineering-economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer vulnerability, and macroeconomic consequences. Using the United States as an example, we estimate daily economic losses for a 250-year geomagnetic storm from transformer thermal heating of 1.81 billion USD (95 percent confidence interval: 1.65 to 1.96 billion USD), disrupting power for approximately 5.1 million people and 135,000 businesses. These estimates are conservative lower bounds, reflecting only transformer thermal heating effects and excluding voltage collapse, cascading failures, and restoration costs. The true societal risk could be substantially higher. Nonetheless, this contribution provides the first nationwide end-to-end coupling from space physics to potential macroeconomic loss, with quantified uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that coupled socio-economic modeling of space weather is feasible and essential, and the framework is scalable and transferable, offering a template for assessing space weather risk to critical infrastructure in other countries."

    #SpaceWeather
    #GeomagneticStorm
    #GridFailure

    agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  5. In case anybody needs something else to worry over...

    "Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics-engineering-economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer vulnerability, and macroeconomic consequences. Using the United States as an example, we estimate daily economic losses for a 250-year geomagnetic storm from transformer thermal heating of 1.81 billion USD (95 percent confidence interval: 1.65 to 1.96 billion USD), disrupting power for approximately 5.1 million people and 135,000 businesses. These estimates are conservative lower bounds, reflecting only transformer thermal heating effects and excluding voltage collapse, cascading failures, and restoration costs. The true societal risk could be substantially higher. Nonetheless, this contribution provides the first nationwide end-to-end coupling from space physics to potential macroeconomic loss, with quantified uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that coupled socio-economic modeling of space weather is feasible and essential, and the framework is scalable and transferable, offering a template for assessing space weather risk to critical infrastructure in other countries."

    #SpaceWeather
    #GeomagneticStorm
    #GridFailure

    agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  6. In case anybody needs something else to worry over...

    "Space weather poses an important but under-quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio-economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics-engineering-economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer vulnerability, and macroeconomic consequences. Using the United States as an example, we estimate daily economic losses for a 250-year geomagnetic storm from transformer thermal heating of 1.81 billion USD (95 percent confidence interval: 1.65 to 1.96 billion USD), disrupting power for approximately 5.1 million people and 135,000 businesses. These estimates are conservative lower bounds, reflecting only transformer thermal heating effects and excluding voltage collapse, cascading failures, and restoration costs. The true societal risk could be substantially higher. Nonetheless, this contribution provides the first nationwide end-to-end coupling from space physics to potential macroeconomic loss, with quantified uncertainties. Our results demonstrate that coupled socio-economic modeling of space weather is feasible and essential, and the framework is scalable and transferable, offering a template for assessing space weather risk to critical infrastructure in other countries."

    #SpaceWeather
    #GeomagneticStorm
    #GridFailure

    agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

  7. 🌞 A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    「 Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma 」

    wsj.com/science/space-astronom

    #science #geomagneticstorm #solarstorm #space

  8. 🌞 A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    「 Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma 」

    wsj.com/science/space-astronom

    #science #geomagneticstorm #solarstorm #space

  9. 🌞 A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    「 Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma 」

    wsj.com/science/space-astronom

    #science #geomagneticstorm #solarstorm #space

  10. 🌞 A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    「 Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma 」

    wsj.com/science/space-astronom

    #science #geomagneticstorm #solarstorm #space

  11. 🌞 A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    「 Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma 」

    wsj.com/science/space-astronom

    #science #geomagneticstorm #solarstorm #space

  12. X1.1 solar flare produces Earth-directed CME, G2 geomagnetic storm watch issued for July 3

    NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a G2 – Moderate Geomagnetic Storm Watch at 12:40 UTC on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #GB #geomagneticstorm #geomagneticstormforecast #SolarActivity #SpaceWeather #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/669257/

  13. Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> Earth’s #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

  14. Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> Earth’s #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

  15. Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> Earth’s #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

  16. Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> Earth’s #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

  17. Extreme dominance of Earth-origin heavy ions in the intense #RingCurrent near the Earth during the May 2024 super #GeomagneticStorm: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv -> Earth’s #ionosphere supplied vast majority of ring current ions during May 2024 super geomagnetic storm, study finds: en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/article - despite the dense solar wind, solar wind ion contributions to the ring current during the May 2024 superstorm were minimal; the first simultaneous observation of ring current ions and solar wind during a storm this large.

  18. How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
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    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
    --
    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
    --
    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
    --
    #AI #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather #risk #hazards #overloading #electricity #energy #powersupply #energygrid #vulnerable #transmission #energy #demand #consumers #geoelectrical #geomagnetism #blackout #damage #cost #economics #equipment #transformers #carringtonevent #NERC #grid #reliability #electricaldemand #utilities #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring #AIBoom #Bust
    @North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

  19. How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
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    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
    --
    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
    --
    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
    --
    #AI #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather #risk #hazards #overloading #electricity #energy #powersupply #energygrid #vulnerable #transmission #energy #demand #consumers #geoelectrical #geomagnetism #blackout #damage #cost #economics #equipment #transformers #carringtonevent #NERC #grid #reliability #electricaldemand #utilities #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring #AIBoom #Bust
    @North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

  20. How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
    --
    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
    --
    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
    --
    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
    --
    #AI #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather #risk #hazards #overloading #electricity #energy #powersupply #energygrid #vulnerable #transmission #energy #demand #consumers #geoelectrical #geomagnetism #blackout #damage #cost #economics #equipment #transformers #carringtonevent #NERC #grid #reliability #electricaldemand #utilities #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring #AIBoom #Bust
    @North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

  21. How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
    --
    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
    --
    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
    --
    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
    --
    #AI #datcenters #infrastructure #impacts #solarstorms #spaceweather #risk #hazards #overloading #electricity #energy #powersupply #energygrid #vulnerable #transmission #energy #demand #consumers #geoelectrical #geomagnetism #blackout #damage #cost #economics #equipment #transformers #carringtonevent #NERC #grid #reliability #electricaldemand #utilities #magneticstorm #electromagneticinduction #extremeevent #historicalevent #hazardanalysis #spaceweather #history #Carrington #geoelectric #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #monitoring #network #geology #geomagnetism #impedance #rock #soil #utilities #electricaltransmission #powerlines #magnetotelluric #sensor #blackout #brownout #energy #geoelectrichazard #geoelectric #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geomagnetism #geomagneticstorm #telecommunication #electronics #hardened #geography #mitigation #preparedness #geomorphology #geomorphometry #surfacegeology #cost #economics #disaster #impacts #technology #InternetOfThings #internet #USA #review #CONUS #numericalmodeling #realtimemonitoring #AIBoom #Bust
    @North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

  22. How Space Weather Could Bust The AI Boom
    --
    spacenews.com/how-space-weathe <-- shared technical article
    --
    futurism.com/artificial-intell <-- shared technical article, “AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown”
    --
    doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth- <-- shared 2026 paper, “Magnetic Storms and Geoelectric Hazards”
    --

    @North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

  23. The Northern Lights May Be Visible in Much of the U.S. Monday Night. Here’s Where and How You Could See Them

    People in more than 15 states in the U.S. may be able to see the Northern Lights on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #auroraborealis #Australia #geomagneticstorm #NOAA #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/725462/

  24. The Northern Lights May Be Visible in Much of the U.S. Monday Night. Here’s Where and How You Could See Them

    People in more than 15 states in the U.S. may be able to see the Northern Lights on…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #auroraborealis #Australia #geomagneticstorm #NOAA #Science
    newsbeep.com/au/725462/

  25. A G3 #GeomagneticStorm Watch has been issued for 8 Jun, and a G2 geomagnetic storm Watch has been issued for 9 Jun for the anticipated arrival of the CME that left the Sun on 6 Jun: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=14094