The universe is the balance between order and chaos. Life there is surrounded by phenomena and events that could greatly alter the flow of survival. A solar storm is one of these phenomena that poses a serious threat to people living on earth. The solar storm consists of powerful eruptions of mass and energy from the sun. The eruptions appear from the burning ball of gas as outbreaks, sunspots, and coronal mass ejection (CME).
However, the solar storm is uncommon and can be considered a black swan event. One such event occurred in 1859, called the “Carrington Event,” which caused a major disruption to the electrical infrastructure, and again in 1921, which was comparatively a milder solar storm. But researchers believe this black swan event could happen again in a decade. A study by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi of the University of California at Irvine suggests that a major solar storm could affect the earth over the next decade and the chances of it occurring range from 1.6 to 12%. It indicates that there is likely to be a massive solar storm and severely affect the Internet infrastructure under the sea, including electricity networks and pipelines, he says. With cable.
With the expulsion of highly magnetized particles from the sun into the earth, the earth’s magnetic fields can become highly irregular and induce powerful electric currents. These currents have the ability to destroy long-distance Internet cables placed under the sea that acts as the backbone of the Internet that is used around the world.
The storm could also affect the communications satellite which would cause a catastrophic turn of events, as the whole world depends on the internet. According to the study, the least affected continent will be Asia, as it gets its internet from Singapore as a hub. It is estimated that in a case of a solar storm, a day in the United States without the Internet can cost up to $ 7 billion a day.
The world is still struggling with the 2020 black swan event and now this study has left the door open for another black swan event. Do you think the world is ready for a massive solar storm?
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