{"id":108608,"date":"2020-06-13T09:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/could-solar-storms-destroy-civilization-solar-flares-coronal-mass-ejections"},"modified":"2020-06-14T05:04:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T12:04:07","slug":"could-solar-storms-destroy-civilization-solar-flares-coronal-mass-ejections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/could-solar-storms-destroy-civilization-solar-flares-coronal-mass-ejections","title":{"rendered":"Could Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares &amp; Coronal Mass Ejections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oHHSSJDJ4oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The probability of a Carrington-like event is estimated to be 12% per decade \u2013 that\u2019s about a 50\/50 chance for at least one in the next 50 years. Investments and upgrades, cheap compared to those other natural disasters require, could protect the worlds electric grid against even the nastiest of storms.<\/p>\n<p>Sources here <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/sourcessolarflares\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/sourcessolarflares<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#CME #solarStorms<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.kurzgesagt.org\/\">https:\/\/shop.kurzgesagt.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have a bunch of new stuff, from the long requested bacteriophage infographic poster to a new Optimistic Nihilism poster that lets you enjoy some existential dread in style. Or join us in our ant obsession and get the new Ant Explorer Notebook, with beautiful infographics and facts about ants and gold lettering on the cover. If you\u2019d rather update your wardrobe, have a look at our beanies or T Shirts. Or you know, all the other stuff!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/could-solar-storms-destroy-civilization-solar-flares-coronal-mass-ejections\">Continue reading \u201cCould Solar Storms Destroy Civilization? Solar Flares &amp; Coronal Mass Ejections\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The probability of a Carrington-like event is estimated to be 12% per decade \u2013 that\u2019s about a 50\/50 chance for at least one in the next 50 years. Investments and upgrades, cheap compared to those other natural disasters require, could protect the worlds electric grid against even the nastiest of storms. Sources here https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/sourcessolarflares #CME [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-existential-risks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108663,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108608\/revisions\/108663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}