Vladimir Surdin, senior researcher at the State Institute of Astronomy at Lomonosov Moscow State University, told socialbites.ca that publications about a possible “Internet apocalypse” on Earth in 2025 due to a strong solar storm are fake. According to him, the forecast of solar activity cannot be long-term.
“Solar activity is predicted a week, at most 10 days in advance. It’s hard to say anything for a month already, but a year and a half is impossible in principle. It is fake. It will reach the peak of activity – yes. This is a school astronomy textbook. Nothing else can be said. There will be a flash – powerful or not, there will be no flash, it’s a matter of luck. The last one was in 1957, more than half a century has passed, who knows if it will happen or not,” he said.
Nikolai Zheleznov, senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in an interview with socialbites.ca called the predictions an “ungrateful task” and doubted the possibility of an “Internet apocalypse”. However, he acknowledged that a magnetic storm could form due to high solar activity.
“The new 25th cycle really diverges a bit from the generally accepted theory of the solar activity model. Predicting solar activity is a bit of an ungrateful job. But if things continue as they are now, then the activity will be at a really high level. Solar activity will be at a really high level every time.” time flares, magnetic storms, the aurora is very strong. It may be, but it’s hard to say how serious it will be. Magnetic storms create a kind of static electricity, but I don’t know what this will lead to and how to protect the system from such disasters. Maybe all this will cost a bell, Maybe someone will really fly away. But for an apocalypse I probably wouldn’t talk. Maybe it’s just a local fluctuation and everything will be back to normal in a year. Now we say one thing but a year from now everything will be different. Or maybe it will be as we predicted who He knows. Let’s wait and see, as they say,” he explained.
How reported Earlier, the Daily Star portal, citing experts, in 2025 will reach the peak of the Solar cycle, after which a powerful solar storm will hit the Earth, which can cause serious disruption of computers around the world and even power outages.
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Source: Gazeta
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