A new paper from an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine details the potential effects that a solar superstorm could have on our heavily internet-reliant world.
The conclusion? The effects of a particularly strong solar storm could have devastating effects on undersea internet cables, a crucial component of the world's internet infrastructure. Without stronger mitigation efforts against these effects, the study claims we could be headed towards an "internet apocalypse."
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