The latest most powerful solar storms occurred in 1859 and 1921. They became world disasters, as they caused tremendous damage to the communication network of that time. In particular, the most injured telegraph.
Powerful solar storm occurs about once in a century. However, it can have catastrophic consequences, crushing effect on various human technologies. As a result, the world can plunge into the “Internet Apocalypse”.
In the study of the California University, it is said that the magnetic field of the Earth protects humanity from the solar wind, which consists of charged particles emanating from the Sun. But once every 80-100 years, these winds will grow into solar superburs, which can provoke world internet disconnection. So it can last for several months.
Researchers rated the sustainability of the existing Internet infrastructure to the extreme phenomenon of space weather.
It is noted that fiber optic extended lines and underwater cables based on global Internet infrastructure are based, vulnerable to currents created on the earth’s crust with sun superburs.
The current solar cycle can become one of the strongest observation history. If you compare it with the previous cycle, which ended in 2019 with peak amount of solar spots 116, then the number of solar spots at the peak of the current cycle “Very Veliable” – from 210 to 260.
And if this estimate is accurate, then the likelihood of a large-scale event appears already in this decade.