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Space Weather

The interactions between the Sun and Earth can result in hazards to technology and people in space and on the ground. Our research seeks to understand and predict these hazards.

Space weather is a critical natural hazard with the capacity to cause wide-spread disruption to technology in space and on the ground. It is recognised as a national risk by countries world-wide. Driven by the interaction of the magnetosphere and ionosphere with the solar wind and the Sun, plasma in the space environment can become highly energised and large electric currents can couple energy in space into the upper atmosphere and to the ground.

Our research focuses on predicting how and when hazardous space conditions can arise, using machine-learning and terrestrial weather forecasting techniques and working with key space weather stakeholders in the UK and world-wide.