{"id":620,"date":"2024-05-13T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/?p=620"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T21:48:13","slug":"solar-tsunamis-ravage-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/solar-tsunamis-ravage-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Tsunamis ravage earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/photo-of-professor-craig-rodger-693838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-625 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/photo-of-professor-craig-rodger-693838.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"279\"><\/a>An extremely large &#8220;G5&#8221; geomagnetic storm occurred on Saturday 11 May 2024, leading to widespread aurora seen all over the country and all over the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme space weather can strike at any time, and New Zealand has to be ready. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/physics\/staff\/craigrodger\">Professor Craig Rodger<\/a> leads an international team of scientists working on making New Zealand&#8217;s energy infrastructure able to withstand large space weather events like Saturday&#8217;s geomagnetic storm. The <a href=\"http:\/\/auroraalert.otago.ac.nz\/solartsunami\/\">Solar Tsunamis Endeavour Programme<\/a> led out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/physics\">University of Otago Physics Department<\/a> helped Transpower design their space weather response plan which was enacted for the first time during this event.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Craig appeared in a series of interviews by Radio New Zealand on Saturday 11 May 2024 about the solar storm. Coverage of the space weather event appeared in multiple media outlets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RadioNZ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/516576\/solar-storm-exciting-rather-than-scary-says-physics-expert\">&#8220;Solar storm exciting rather than scary, says physics expert&#8221;<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li>Otago Daily Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odt.co.nz\/news\/national\/solar-storm-exciting-rather-scary-says-physics-expert\">&#8220;Another aurora expected as &#8216;solar tsunami&#8217; heads towards Earth&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Star News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odt.co.nz\/star-news\/star-national\/spectacular-aurora-lights-skies-south\">&#8220;Spectacular aurora lights up skies in the south&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>One News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1news.co.nz\/2024\/05\/12\/aurorae-more-solar-storms-could-hit-soon-expert-says\/\">&#8220;Aurorae: More solar storms could hit soon, expert says&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aurora seen across New Zealand on Saturday 11 May 2024 led to interviews which screen on TV1 news on Sunday 12 May 2024, as well as a different interview on TV3 news, and Stuff&#8217;s Newsable podcast programme. Saturday&#8217;s storm wasn&#8217;t the end of the story, with more aurora activity predicted for Sunday night appearing in<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stuff: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/nz-news\/350275606\/second-chance-catch-stunning-aurora-nz-skies\">&#8220;Second chance to catch stunning aurora in NZ skies&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Newstalk ZB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalkzb.co.nz\/news\/national\/solar-storm-where-to-see-the-aurora-are-we-set-for-another-week-of-cold-temperatures\/\">&#8220;Solar storm: Where to see the aurora &#8211; are we set for another week of cold temperatures?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NZ Herald: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/solar-storm-frosty-start-to-mothers-day-looms-national-power-grid-emergency-notice-remains-in-place\/3QCQ3OHC45FAVFBCPYLYW6GC2Q\/\">&#8220;Solar Storm: National power emergency grid emergency extended till this evening&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Press: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepress.co.nz\/nz-news\/350275606\/second-chance-catch-stunning-aurora-nz-skies\">&#8220;Second chance to catch stunning aurora in NZ skies&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Craig was interviewed for The Breeze, Hawke&#8217;s Bay, and Newstalk ZB.<\/li>\n<li>RadioNZ also published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/516626\/explainer-the-science-behind-the-aurora-australis\">&#8220;Explainer: The science behind the Aurora Australis&#8221;<\/a> after an email exchange with Craig.<\/li>\n<li>On Monday 13 May 2024 Craig appeared live on the TV3 AM Show, and had a live discussion with the Mai FM Morning Crew.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Monday Craig followed up with predictions of more southern lights<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newshub: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newshub.co.nz\/home\/new-zealand\/2024\/05\/aurora-australis-rare-geomagnetic-storm-likely-to-put-on-another-spectacular-show-over-new-zealand-skies.html\">&#8220;Aurora Australis: Rare geomagnetic storm &#8216;likely&#8217; to put on another spectacular show over New Zealand skies&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also watch Craig and former PhD student Dr Daniel McManus explain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@universityofotago\/video\/7369094182109039890\">how physics helped keep the lights on over at TikToc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A superb effort presenting science that matters to the public. Well done Craig!<\/p>\n<p>For recent data in the \u014ctepoti Dunedin area, and a &#8220;nowcast&#8221; predicting your chances of observing aurora, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/auroraalert.otago.ac.nz\/aurora\/index.html\">Solar Tsunamis Aurora Australis Alert<\/a>. The G5 event can be seen in the data from Sunday:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-655 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2156\" height=\"1548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM.png 2156w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-1024x735.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-1536x1103.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-2048x1470.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-1200x862.png 1200w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-5.19.31\u202fAM-1980x1422.png 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2156px) 100vw, 2156px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Griffin2_scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-648 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Griffin2_scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Griffin2_scaled.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Griffin2_scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/physicsnews\/files\/2024\/05\/Griffin2_scaled-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extremely large &#8220;G5&#8221; geomagnetic storm occurred on Saturday 11 May 2024, leading to widespread aurora seen all over the country and all over the globe. 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