Yihua Zheng: A new breed of weather forecaster
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Solar storms sweeping from the Sun to Earth can damage anything from spacecraft to Earth's electrical utilities. The "Halloween Storm" of October 29, 2003 destroyed the $450 million Midori-2 research satellite. A storm on March 13, 1989 caused a collapse of the entire Quebec power grid. But such things can be avoided with enough advance warning.