A Solar Storm Could Destroy The Planet Unless We Create a Massive Magnetic Shield to Protect Earth, Warns Expert
September 2, 2016
The Earth protects itself from solar storms using an invisible shield known as the ‘magnetosphere’.
But because Earth’s magnetic poles are continually moving, the magnetosphere is weakening.
This means our planet is increasingly vulnerable to the potentially devastating effects of solar flares.
Now, Joseph Pelton, former dean of the International Space University, in Illkirch-Graffenstaden in France, has called for scientists to take action by creating a massive magnetic shield to protect Earth.
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Solar storms are eruptions of magnetic energy from the sun’s surface.
When this magnetic energy is suddenly released, this accelerates the hot gases near the surface, which can travel quickly towards the Earth.
A solar flare’s ‘killer electrons’ can travel at up to several million miles per hour towards Earth.
Experts are now warning that humanity is not prepared to tackle a calamitous solar storm and that the effects could be dire.
If this material collides with the Earth’s magnetic field, it can affect many technologies, including satellites orbiting the planet, and radars.
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In a new paper published in ROOM, Dr. Joseph Pelton said: ‘Over the course of the last half-century, the world has finally begun to learn that a massive asteroid or comet strike could create havoc and ruin, on perhaps a planetary scale.
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