New York City may struggle to keep the lights on as early as next summer with longer and more frequent power outages, according to reports released this week by the state’s grid operators. Rising demand, weak transmission and aging power plants are straining the electric grid in New York City and Long Island, according to two reports unveiled Tuesday by …
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Solar storms set to batter Earth sparking blackouts and Northern Lights as NASA warns the sun is ‘waking up’
Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and disrupt global communications. NASA revealed that our solar system‘s home star had been getting quieter and weaker for about 20 years, but that surprisingly changed in 2008 and scientists are still trying to figure out why. Scientists found that …
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