Rare G4 alert for geomagnetic storm could lead to GPS outages

A cropping systems specialist says that major disturbances in Earth’s magnetosphere will continue to disrupt GPS navigation for farmers into next year. “We’re still in what space scientists call the battle zone.” Terry Griffin with Kansas State University says geomagnetic storms occur about every 11 years after solar sunspot maximum and can impact GPS signals. […]

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