Modern-day farming is a high-tech operation highly dependent on GPS-guided tractors revolutionizing the way crops are planted, fertilized and harvested. But on May 10, 2024, that system came under attack, not from mechanical failure or sophisticated hackers, but from the sun itself.
On that day, the sun unleashed its largest geomagnetic storm in decades. The rare G5-class event sent shockwaves through Earth's ionosphere, disrupting GPS systems nationwide.
