![]() ![]() “Solar storms have their roots in an 11-year cycle that shifts the polarity of the Sun’s magnetic field. Experts in north Bengal, along with the rest of the world, are keeping a close watch on this geomagnetic storm, as it may cause a major interference with GPS navigation, mobile phone signal and satellite TV and can also blow up electric transformers and cause power failures at many places around the world.Īccording to Dr Bikash Chandra Paul, senior professor, Department of Physics, University of North Bengal, geomagnetic storms basically refer to major or minor disturbances occurring in the Earth’s magnetosphere due to the efficient exchange of energy from solar winds entering the Earth’s space environment. Weeks after a powerful solar flare created a blackout over the Atlantic, weather forecasters issued warnings this morning that a high-speed stream of solar wind, called a “coronal mass ejection,” is expected to batter many parts of the planet. The root cause of all miseries and sufferings on the Earth during the past two years seems to be the dreaded word – “corona.” With all the chaos happening in the world because of the deadly coronavirus, a massive solar storm, originating from the Sun’s corona, that is the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere, is expected to hit the Earth today. ![]()
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