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Most Powerful Northern Lights for Decades ‘Exposed Weaknesses’
- The most powerful Northern Lights in a generation revealed weaknesses in the U.K.'s infrastructure, according to experts.
- Although the May 2024 storm caused minor disruption, it highlighted significant gaps in the U.K.'s resilience to more severe space weather events.
- Experts recommend improved electricity grid monitoring, stronger satellite operations, better aviation preparedness, and more accurate space weather forecasts.
- Horne from the British Antarctic Survey noted that the storm tested the U.K.'s critical infrastructure and that computer models showed currents exceeding 50 amps at several substations during the event.
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Scientists from the Space Environment Impacts Expert Group (SEIEG) identified "multiple" infrastructure threats.
·Missoula, United States
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In May 2024, the Gannon geomagnetic storm—the strongest in more than two decades—compressed Earth’s plasmasphere to roughly one-fifth its previous radial extent, while the same disturbance pushed auroras unusually close to the equator, bringing the northern lights to Mexico and Japan and the southern lights across Australia.
Arase measurements show exactly how the May 2024 Gannon storm drove the plasmapause from L=7 to L=1.5 in nine hours while auroral ovals expanded towards low latitudes worldwide. The post In May 2024, the Gannon geomagnetic storm—the strongest in more than two decades—compressed Earth’s plasmasphere to roughly one-fifth its previous radial extent, while the same disturbance pushed auroras unusually close to the equator, bringing the northern ligh…
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