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A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

16 October 2017

If the sun spews “superflares” as often as other stars, one could take down power systems, damage the ozone layer and destroy satellites in the next century

Uninhabitable Earth? In fact, it’s really hard to fry the planet

12 July 2017

A controversial article says we’re heading for the worst-case warming scenarios. But while we can’t rule out extreme warming, it’s not our most likely future

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A tech-destroying solar flare could hit Earth within 100 years

Uninhabitable Earth? In fact, it’s really hard to fry the planet

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