Global Failure of ICT due to Solar Storm: A Worst Case Scenario Ahead
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) devices operate within the atmosphere around the earth as part of their global network. They are therefore subjected to all the natural activities that take place in this global space. Solar storm activities continue to increase in intensity and NASA has issued a warning that a powerful solar storm may hit the earth sometime in 2012. This has the potential to lead to ICTs devices not functioning at all if this happens. In this paper a worst case scenario of this storm, if it was to happen, is discussed with its pros and cons.
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A Carrington-type geomagnetic storm reaches Earth in under 18 hours.
“A Carrington-type geomagnetic storm reaches earth in under 18 h [155,160,165].”
From Energy system resilience – A review (2021) · cites this paper as [160]
Current understanding of the physical phenomenon of a solar flare causing geomagnetic storms is not adequate to make reliable forecasts.
“The physical phenomenon of a solar flare causing geomagnetic storms is complicated and the current understanding is not yet adequate to make reliable forecasts [154,160].”
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Power restoration may become difficult and lengthy if major system components are damaged requiring their replacement.
“Also, power restoration may become difficult and lengthy if major system components are damaged requiring their replacement [9,153,160].”
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Background
- Authors
- Talib, M., & Mogotlhwane, T. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Botswana (BW)
- Corresponding author
- Talib, Mohammad
- Venue
- Procedia Environmental Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 371-374
- ISSN
- 1878-0296 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2051181927
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Procedia Environmental Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Cybersecurity and Information Systems
- Keywords
- solar storms, information and communication technologies, space weather, geomagnetic storms, worst-case scenario
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