How Solar Storms Could Knock Out Our Power Grid

Solar storms can hit close to home—and have the potential to affect our power grid and cause widespread blackouts. Watch how researchers and engineers are working to make sure important infrastructure—like our power grid—is protected from geomagnetic disturbances caused by space weather. PRODUCTION CREDITS: Produced by: Angelica Coleman Caitlin Saks Production Assistance: Lorena Lyon Christina Monnen Music: APM Archival: Storyblocks American Geophysical Union NOAA NASA Johnson NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO NASA/SDO/STEREO/ESA/SOHO/Wiessinger National Geophysical Data Center/David Miller SFX: cameronmusic/Freesound/CC BY 3.0 JavierSerrat/Freesound/CC BY 3.0 © WGBH Educational Foundation 2021

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