Solar Storm - The Threat to Planet Earth

Here is a very interesting video broadcasted on BBC in March which is related to our project.

There is a new kind of weather to worry about, which comes from our nearest star, the sun.

Scientists are expecting a fit of violent activity on the sun which will propel billions of tonnes of superheated gas and pulses of energy towards our planet.

They have the power to close down our modern technological civilisation - e.g. in 1989, a solar storm cut off the power to the Canadian city of Quebec.

This video explained how solar burst happens and what the effect it will cause.

Courtesy by BBC Horizon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01d99vb/