Angelopoulos estimated the energy involved. “The explosion and subsequent storm delivered as much as ~88 PetaJoules of energy to the near-Earth environment. That’s more than 10 times the energy of the largest US nuclear bomb and about 20 times the energy of a magnitude 7 earthquake.”

Auroras in the aftermath of a near-Earth magnetic explosion on Dec. 20, 2015. Credit: Joseph Bradley of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

To read more, please visit: https://spaceweatherarchive.com/   for January 16, 2020
The original research in Nature Physics may be found here. (See abstract below.)

Abstract
Space storms¹ are the dominant contributor to space weather. During storms, rearrangement of the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field lines at the dayside enhances global plasma circulation in the magnetosphere^2,3. As this circulation proceeds, energy is dissipated into heat in the ionosphere and near-Earth space. As Earth’s dayside magnetic flux is eroded during this process, magnetotail reconnection must occur to replenish it. However, whether dissipation is powered by magnetotail (nightside) reconnection, as in storms’ weaker but more commonplace relatives, substorms^4,5, or by enhanced global plasma circulation driven by dayside reconnection is unknown. Here we show that magnetotail reconnection near geosynchronous orbit powered an intense storm. Near-Earth reconnection at geocentric distances of ~6.6–10 Earth radii—probably driven by the enhanced solar wind dynamic pressure and southward magnetic field—is observed from multi-satellite data. In this region, magnetic reconnection was expected to be suppressed by Earth’s strong dipole field. Revealing the physical processes that power storms and the solar wind conditions responsible for them opens a new window into our understanding of space storms. It encourages future exploration of the storm-time equatorial near-Earth magnetotail to refine storm driver models and accelerate progress towards space weather prediction.

Earth is being irradiated with higher levels of energy than previously expected. These higher bursts of energy affect all life on earth including plants, animals, and humans.  Since we are in a solar minimum, where the earth's magnetic shield has dramatically weakened, all sorts of dangerous cosmic rays are bombarding us, including solar winds.

Captain Kirk to Doctor Spock: Our energy fields are weakening. What can we do?
Doctor Spock: Wear a tin foil hat.
Just kidding. This is no conspiracy theory, but the mainstream press is keeping silent about it as they do not want us to panic.

When the sun becomes unstable and explodes in a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), and if we are in a solar minimum as we are right now with a weakened magnetic shield, and if that CME should directly hit the earth, the devastating effects will be felt world wide. Not only would most or all of the electrical power grids be shut down with power outages, but also all radio and satellite communications would be disabled, GPS systems, cell phones, and computers would no longer function, and all recent cars would cease functioning.  We do not need a North Korean or Iranian missile, we have the sun which could strike us and cause millions of deaths.

Search the 1859 Carrington Event to see the devastation that actually happened. Railroads and telegraphy were hit and people were killed with the surges of electricity.  However, people still used horses, wood burning stoves, and depended on their gardens for survival. Therefore, the damage was not as severe as it would be today when we are so dependent on computer technology, automobiles, and trucks. Even ships, trains, planes, and jets would be imperiled.

Even worse, the Departments of Power throughout the USA do have the capability to harden our electric power grids to prevent devastation, but deep state thieves have been stealing the funds reserved for this needed maintenance. Every time reserve funds are sufficient to do the job, here in Los Angeles, crooked mayors and other executives steal the funds for expensive trips abroad with their mistresses, for retirement parties,  or these "excess" funds are transferred to the General Funds.

Expect new human influenza viruses to emerge during this solar minimum. ..

During times of solar minimums, when the weather is frightfully cold and wet, our immune system is overstressed, so that influenza viruses can spread.

cινιℓ ωαrs, revolts, and uprisings usually occur during the peaks of solar maximums when the weather is very hot and the sun burns the skin very easily.

The American cινιℓ ωαr (1861-1865) lasted during the waning days of the solar maximum. Rising solar peaks also coincide with WWI and WWII. The Korean War started during a solar minimum peak in 1949 and ended in 1953, which was approaching the solar minimum. The Vietnam conflict (1955-1975) started during a solar maximum. The second Iraq war began 2003, which was also during a solar maximum.

The Globalists usually plan wars to coincide with the 11 to 13 year solar cycles so that the military will be in good shape due to the cooler weather.