A lot has changed in the last 25 years in regard to space weather.
Technology has improved, and scientists have gained knowledge about extreme space weather events following historic geomagnetic storms like the Halloween solar storm in October of 2003 and the Gannon event in May 2024. Looking to the future, scientists at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) are now looking for ways to better communicate to the public about space weather events that could impact Earth. That's why NOAA is asking for public input on how to rewrite its space weather scales.
