New human crisis in May 2013, the possibility that 'Solar Storm' by huge solar flare may reach Earth

According to NASA, can not it be possible before now? A large-scale "Solar Storm (Solar Storm)"May possibly occur around May 2013, to prevent the civilization of human beings from being destroyed by solar storms, in order to prevent the civilization of human beings from being destroyed by solar storms, the National Press Club We have a meeting at "Space Weather Enterprise Forum". This meeting will consider ways to protect important social infrastructure.

Details are as below.
The Newest Threat to All Human Life on Earth: Solar Storms

As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather - NASA Science

The last large solar storm occurred in 1859. In this case, a magnetic storm cut by a huge solar flare pushes the earth to the earth, the electric wire is short-circuited and the house becomes a fire, furthermore, red and green auroras are observed also in Hawaii He seemed to be able to read the newspaper with light.

The following picture showsWhat appeared on Wisconsin on October 22, 2003That is the same thing as this was observed in Hawaii.


The research field of researching this "solar storm" and monitoring and forecasting what is also called "the weather of the universe" is relatively new, and scientists predict a significant increase in solar wind over the next few years It is. NASA scientist Richard Fisher says, "The sun wakes up from a deep sleep and will come across a much higher level of solar activity in the next few years."

This solar storm is a very striking blow to electronic devices, such as people who like mobile phones, personal computers, and the net, and in particular it is a service of satellite, especially GPS, mobile phone, credit card payment (actually using satellites ) May be invalidated or destroyed by a large wave of charged particles.


According to the worst simulation reported by NPR, especially in the case of severe solar wind, destroying the vast majority of private communication satellites, millions of people will be placed in a powerless blackout situation due to transformer failure .

When you watch this movie of NASA production, you can see what it is almost like.(WMV format, 35.2 MB)


One of the biggest explosions observed on April 19, 2010 is like this. There was no impact on this scale yet.(MOV format, 25.1 MB)


Incidentally, regarding this solar storm, the American Academy of Sciences mentioned its social and economic impacts in an epoch-making report titled "Severe Space Weather" two years ago,smart grid, GPS piloting, air travel, financial services and emergency radio communications are all affected by extreme solar activity. Economic damage is bigger than Hurricane Katrina, and in order to prevent these, it is possible to protect it from breakage due to electrical sudden increase by separating the transformer by setting it to "safe mode" for artificial satellites is.

The clear forecast technology for this "space weather forecast" has not been established yet, but Kyoto University in Japan has succeeded in the latest modeling of solar storms as the basis of the space weather forecast.

Succeeded in the latest modeling of solar storms as the foundation of space weather forecast Kyoto University
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news_data/h/h1/news6/2009/100315_1.htm