The changes of the earth seem to have nothing to do with the universe.
In fact, the Earth's atmospheric activity is very closely related to solar activity, especially the number of sunspots.
In the orbit of Venus, Homo sapiens has deployed 12 solar activity monitoring satellites.
At this time, a large number of sunspots had been detected on the surface of the sun.
The headquarters of the Space Division is located on the Island of Ceylon.
At this time, in the solar monitoring office under him, the director Huang Xiancai looked at the latest monitoring report, with a trace of solemnity on his face: "Is it the peak period of solar activity again?"
Researcher Wu Sigong didn't pay too much attention: "It has been exactly 11 years since the last peak of solar activity, which was 14 years ago. Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle."
"Lao Wu, what did the Meteorological Institute find?"
Wu Sigong smiled and replied: "The amount of heat radiated from the sun to the earth has increased this year, but this is a mixed blessing."
As the captain of the Earth Alliance Space Station, Zhang Ming made a prompt decision: "Immediately report our situation to the Earth Headquarters and ask them to formulate an emergency plan as soon as possible."
And the new International Space Station in low-Earth orbit.
Owen, who was immersed in his work, was sweating on his forehead. After trying for a few minutes, he finally found a usable backup communication device.
"The satellites designed by the company are relatively sturdy, so there should be no major problems. Many large satellites have artificial magnetic field systems that can withstand solar wind." Huang Xiancai is very confident in the company's technology and products.
Although it is not as powerful as the earth's magnetic field, it is short and concise. After all, the radius of the Homo sapiens space station is only 500 meters.
The uncharged high-energy neutrons and high-energy rays drive straight in and directly hit the space station's thick composite lead plate protective layer and radiation reflection layer.
Huang Xiancai was surprised: "Have you notified other departments?"
Inside the core module of the space station.
The person in charge, Bai Muxi, looked at the feedback data from the 12 surrounding guard satellites, turned his head and ordered: "Takahashi, prepare to activate the backup communication module."
The charged particles were blocked by the magnetic field shield, causing obvious trajectory deviation.
Just when Huang Xiancai was thinking about how to report the recent sunspots.
"It seems that the situation is not optimistic!" Huang Xiancai has already thought of the problem.
Invisible solar storms, carrying large amounts of helium-3 particles, high-energy neutrons and high-energy rays, have successively arrived at the Homo sapiens space station.
"Takahashi, follow the procedure and reply to the headquarters." Bai Muxi ordered.
The shrill alarm sounded throughout the space station.
"Where is Dilian?" Hearing this, Huang Xiancai also reacted.
Homo sapiens space station in mid-level orbit.
"Earth Headquarters issued an emergency announcement. All agencies stationed in outer space should report the current situation in accordance with the prescribed procedures..."
The tropics are hotter and the frigid zones are colder, with hot and cold alternating in between, mixed with variability.
"Especially Musk's Starlink satellites. Do you think those shoddy small communication satellites can withstand the dense solar wind?" Wu Sigong is not optimistic about Starlink satellites.
Correspondent Owen did not dare to neglect and quickly started the communication equipment. Then his expression changed:
"Damn it! The communication system is malfunctioning..."
"OK."
Wu Sigong shook his head: "I'm not worried about the company's satellites, I'm worried about those half-filled buckets of water."
Fortunately, all the astronauts were wearing heavy-duty space suits and bio-based armor at this time, so these high-energy neutrons did not affect the astronauts.
But Wu Sigong's expression showed no sign of relaxation: "The outbreak of X-class solar flares is a sign that solar activity has entered its peak period. There will definitely be no shortage of flares in the next period of time."
Woo woo woo...
Obviously, solar cycle activity is not the core factor that determines the occurrence of ice ages.
Even with such powerful protection, a small number of high-energy neutrons can still penetrate the protective layer and enter part of the cabin.
Inside the Terrestrial Space Station, eight astronauts were caught off guard when faced with a sudden solar storm.
Huang Xiancai used his authority to check the latest simulation results of the Climate Research Institute. After reading more than a dozen reports, he had only one adjective for the atmospheric climate activities in the next few years: extreme.
Therefore, the ground-linked space station, which had insufficient defense capabilities, was directly paralyzed by the solar storm, with a quarter of its equipment paralyzed.
After all, the Homo sapiens company with deep pockets can equip the space station with a thick composite layer of lead plates. The ground connection is too pursuing cost performance, so naturally it will not waste the payload on lead plates.
At this time, 36 superconducting magnetic field generators have been activated, supplying a large portion of the electrical energy within the entire space station to the magnetic field generators.
Although due to the protection of the earth's magnetic field, the intensity of the solar storm here is not one-tenth that of the Homo sapiens space station.
"I informed you as soon as possible."
Especially for solar panel power supply modules, nearly half of the solar panels failed during this solar storm.
The next second.
A researcher hurriedly walked in: "Director, Researcher Wu, a solar flare just broke out, and our T7 satellite placed in the orbit of Venus was seriously disturbed."
Tetsuichi Takahashi quickly checked the operation of the communication modules and found that three of them were faulty. He immediately started the backup communication module.
At this time, the entire Space Division headquarters became very busy.
"At least level X2."
As soon as the communication module returned to normal, they received a broadcast from Earth Headquarters.
It seems that the arrival of the peak period of solar cycle activity has caused the earth to receive increased solar radiation heat, which can delay global cooling.
In addition, in the long geological period, there have been ice ages that lasted hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of millions of years.
"Are the climate simulation results out?" Huang Xiancai seemed to understand the situation at the Institute of Meteorology quite well.
"Yes, it was just updated yesterday. The temperature in the middle and low latitudes will be higher this year." Wu Si Gong spread his hands.
But in fact, the situation is not as simple as imagined.
The problem is that the protective capabilities of the Terrestrial Space Station are not one-tenth that of the Homo sapiens space station.
"That's good." Huang Xiancai breathed a sigh of relief.
The solar storm ejected by this solar flare is facing the direction of the Earth, and part of the light waves has already reached the Earth-Moon system.
Bai Muxi quickly led others to conduct a comprehensive physical examination of the space station, first identifying the faulty module and then preparing for repairs.
"Start the backup." Zhang Ming's palms were sweating.
For example, in human history, there was a Little Ice Age that lasted for decades. Obviously, during this Little Ice Age, there would definitely be peak solar activity, but this did not cause the Little Ice Age to subside.
The Ocean Current Research Institute, which specializes in studying the North Atlantic Warm Current, also came to the conclusion that a sudden increase in temperature in a short period of time will lead to further chaos in a series of ocean currents such as the North Atlantic Warm Current.
However, a small number of devices are still not immune.
"Solar flare? What level?" Wu Sigong asked quickly.
Communication equipment manager Takahashi Toru nodded: "Copy that."
He felt his lips were a little dry and subconsciously licked his lips: "Huh...it's connected!"
Soon the other party also responded.
Regarding the space station being affected by the solar storm, the Earth Alliance is now also in a tangle. Many among the association's executives hope that the space station can persist. After all, this is a project with tens of billions of dollars invested.
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