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UK : Met Office Opens Space Weather Centre
UK : Met Office Opens Space Weather Centre

UK : Met Office Opens Space Weather Centre

The Met Office is opening the Space Weather Operations Centre in Exeter later today – a forecasting unit which will aim to protect the UK’s economy and infrastructure against solar flares and other forms of extreme space weather.

Universities, Science and Cities Minister Greg Clark said:”The Met Office Space Weather Centre is a clear demonstration of how the UK is a world leader in space weather. Not only will it help us to guard against the impact of space weather, but its capabilities will mean benefits for British businesses like those in the space industry and the wider economy.”

Met Office Space Weather Business Manager Mark Gibbs said: “The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre is the culmination of more than three years’ work drawing on the collective resources and expertise of the UK and USA. It’s a new, emerging and exciting area of science where understanding is growing rapidly.

“Space weather is an all encompassing term covering the near-Earth impact of solar flares, geomagnetic storms and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun. The impact these have on Earth is becoming ever more important as we become more reliant on technology.”

Agencies/Canadajournal




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