# @unoosa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DF966qpKy_y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35584173-unoosa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6e24f705c5.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-02-12T09:20:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UNOOSA (@unoosa) — https://gondola.cc/unoosa

## Caption

⛈️What is #SpaceWeather and the Aurora Borealis?☀️ Did you know that solar storms can disrupt GPS, take down power grids, and even impact our mental health?

In our latest #UNOOSA101 video, Daniela Banys from the German Aerospace Center, DLR and Christine Amory, two experts working with the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI), break down: 
🛰️ How space weather affects satellites and communications 
🌌 Why the Northern Lights glow in the night sky 
📡 How we monitor solar activity from Earth and space 
🌍 How #ISWI provides capacity-building for developing countries 

See how the Scientific & Technical Subcommittee of #COPUOS2025 is tackling space weather and other celestial issues: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/stsc/2025/index.html
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## Tags

unoosa101, iswi, spaceweather, copuos2025

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