Talk: Solar Storms in the Digital Age

Name: Talk: Solar Storms in the Digital Age
Start: 2026-10-31T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-31T13:00:00.000Z
Location: ETH Zürich, Hauptgebäude

A talk about solar storms and their impact on our digital infrastructure, presented by Dr. Florian Kehl from ETH Zurich.

Date

Saturday 31 October

13:00 – 14:00

Venue

ETH Zürich, Hauptgebäude

Rämistrasse 101, Zürich · Kreis 1

ETH/Universitätsspital · Tram 6, 9, 10

Price

Free

Language

German

About

Automatically translated from German

This talk explores how the sun hurls energy and matter into space and what this means for Earth and our digital infrastructure. It covers how solar storms form, how they are observed and predicted, and their effects on aviation, power grids and navigation systems. Alongside the talk, workshops for children will be held over the weekend to learn about the sun in a playful way. The talk is held in German.

Organiser · ETH Zürich

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