Ancient pine stumps in the French Alps record the most powerful known solar storm. It struck Earth 14,300 years ago & seeded the atmosphere with radioactive carbon-14.
A storm like that today would devastate our satellites & could trigger a global blackout. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2022.0206 #sun #weather #space
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