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A geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the earth. What is it, and how is it caused?

A geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the earth. What is it, and how is it caused?

The Hindu
Friday, April 15, 2022 2:00 PM GMT

Geomagnetic storms can cause power outages and impact long-range radio communication and GPS devices.

The story so far: Space-monitoring agencies have predicted that a strong geomagnetic storm is likely to hit the earth on April 14-15, 2022. The Centre for Excellence in Space Sciences, India said that there is a “very high probability of earth impact” due to solar activity causing the phenomenon.

The Space Weather Prediction Centre (SPWC) under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. government has issued two geomagnetic storm watches — one each for April 14 and April 15. The storm on April 14 is expected to be moderate in strength while the one on April 15 is predicted to be minor.

A geomagnetic storm is a disturbance in the earth’s magnetosphere, which is the area around the planet controlled by its magnetic field. The earth’s magnetosphere protects its inhabitants from most of the particles emitted by the sun. When a coronal mass ejection (CME) or a high-speed stream reaches the earth, it strikes the planet’s magnetosphere. If the incoming solar magnetic field is directed southwards, it interacts strongly with the earth’s own magnetic field that is opposite in direction, causing disturbances. The changes produced in the earth’s magnetic field as a result of this interaction allow solar wind particles to stream down the magnetic field lines and hit the atmosphere near the poles.

Solar winds deeply impact the shape of the earth’s magnetosphere, and variations in solar winds cause geomagnetic storms on earth.

At the surface of the earth, a geomagnetic storm can result in a rapid decline in the earth’s magnetic field strength. This decrease can last for around 6 to 12 hours and gradually recovers over several days.

The geomagnetic storm in question was predicted after dead sunspot AR2987 exploded, expelling a CME towards the earth. The incoming CME is predicted to cause a storm categorised as G-2, or moderate.

Sunspots are dark areas on the solar surface and contain strong, shifting magnetic fields. These are formed when areas on the surface of the sun cool slightly – from around 6,000 °C to about 4,200 °C — due to strong magnetic fields that emerge through the solar surface. Sunspots appear as dark spots against the otherwise bright sun.

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