In response to a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - and with the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration an

Examines the emerging physical science of space weather and the impact the sun and solar storms have on Earth life.

The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology-power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies-are well know

In 2010, NASA and the National Science Foundation asked the National Research Council to assemble a committee of experts to develop an integrated national strat