Deflectors at Full: Earth Prepared for Sun’s Maximum Fury

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In 2013, the Sun’s cycle of activity will peak. An increase in flare producing sunspots will in all likelihood bombard Earth with geomagnetic storms. The planet’s shield, the magnetosphere, is well equipped to handle the onslaught.

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