Government and Policy
China tightens monitoring of solar storms
By Guan Xiaomeng (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-31 15:44
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Meteorological hazards including typhoons, sand storms, solar storms and other space storms will be listed in the upcoming meteorological hazards prevention regulations in China.
A report by the National Academies issued last year predicts a severe solar storm in 2012. Some nations including China have tightened monitoring on such storms despite the controversy of the prediction.
Solar storms happen when the energy of the sun has accumulated and has to give off electrically charged particles to space that may affect magnetic fields on earth. The storm cycle is about 11 years and the latest storm peak was around 2000.
