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Earth’s magnetic field is weakening, causing satellites to malfunction
- nine_k 6y agoI wonder is this can result in a strong enough erosion of Van Allen belts, and thus more cosmic radiation hitting Earth.
- Arbalest 6y agoDriving up the need for ECC memory perhaps. Increasing rates of mutation?
- cybert00th 6y ago"The South Atlantic Anomaly is already causing issues with satellites orbiting Earth, the ESA warned, while spacecrafts flying in the area could also experience "technical malfunctions" - I'm struggling to find the meat on the bones of this article that matches the headline. I'd be grateful if someone else could either confirm or deny this, or enlighten me as to what those issues and technical malfunctions might be? If not then I can't help feeling like the author has cheated me out of some very interesting information. Which is a great pity really.