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Dr Andy Smith of Northumbria University Photo Credit: Northumbria University/Simon Veit-Wilson. |
A physicist from Northumbria University has received over £500,000 to create AI that will safeguard the Earth from destructive space storms.
Coronal Mass Ejections, which are solar eruptions from the Sun, can send plasma hurtling towards Earth at high speeds. These space storms can cause severe disruptions to power grids and communication systems.
With our increasing reliance on technology, solar storms pose a serious threat to our everyday lives, leading to severe space weather being added to the UK National Risk Assessment for the first time in 2011.
Researcher and his team analyzed huge amounts of data from satellites and space missions over the last 20 years to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which storms are likely to occur.