Auroras caused by head-on blows to Earth’s magnetic field could damage critical infrastructure, scientists say
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels Auroras have inspired myths and portents for millennia—but only now, with modern technology dependent on electricity, are we appreciating their true power. The same forces which cause auroras also cause currents that can damage infrastructure which conducts electricity, like pipelines. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Buffy Schroeder
July 10, 2024