Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings
Abstract The media interest/coverage of space weather has been increasing as we approach solar maximum and the private space industry has grown significantly since the last significant solar maximum in 2000–2002. It is not uncommon for space weather media coverage to use hyperbole with frequent refe...
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| author | Brett A. Carter Noé Lugaz Steven K. Morley Jennifer Gannon Shasha Zou Huixin Liu |
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| description | Abstract The media interest/coverage of space weather has been increasing as we approach solar maximum and the private space industry has grown significantly since the last significant solar maximum in 2000–2002. It is not uncommon for space weather media coverage to use hyperbole with frequent references to the infamous “Carrington event.” The implications of associating each of the many upcoming moderate‐to‐severe storms with the Carrington event are discussed, and we encourage the curbing of hyperbole whenever possible. While there is an excellent but small cohort of space weather researchers actively engaging with the media, we urge more (particularly early‐to‐mid career) to take advantage of media training resources and to join in. We also call for these efforts to be broadly supported by peers and institutions for the benefit of space weather as a discipline. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a84d0214e1cb41ebb17f02c754b8bb4f2025-01-14T16:30:45ZengWileySpace Weather1542-73902023-12-012112n/an/a10.1029/2023SW003819Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum BringsBrett A. Carter0Noé Lugaz1Steven K. Morley2Jennifer Gannon3Shasha Zou4Huixin Liu5SPACE Research Centre School of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC AustraliaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire Durham NH USALos Alamos National Laboratory Space Science and Applications Los Alamos NM USAComputational Physics, Inc. Boulder CO USADepartment of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USADepartment of Earth and Planetary Science Kyushu University Fukuoka JapanAbstract The media interest/coverage of space weather has been increasing as we approach solar maximum and the private space industry has grown significantly since the last significant solar maximum in 2000–2002. It is not uncommon for space weather media coverage to use hyperbole with frequent references to the infamous “Carrington event.” The implications of associating each of the many upcoming moderate‐to‐severe storms with the Carrington event are discussed, and we encourage the curbing of hyperbole whenever possible. While there is an excellent but small cohort of space weather researchers actively engaging with the media, we urge more (particularly early‐to‐mid career) to take advantage of media training resources and to join in. We also call for these efforts to be broadly supported by peers and institutions for the benefit of space weather as a discipline.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003819publicitypublic interestmediasolar maximum |
| spellingShingle | Brett A. Carter Noé Lugaz Steven K. Morley Jennifer Gannon Shasha Zou Huixin Liu Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings Space Weather publicity public interest media solar maximum |
| title | Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings |
| title_full | Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings |
| title_fullStr | Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings |
| title_short | Space Weather in the Popular Media, and the Opportunities the Upcoming Solar Maximum Brings |
| title_sort | space weather in the popular media and the opportunities the upcoming solar maximum brings |
| topic | publicity public interest media solar maximum |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023SW003819 |
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