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1 in 8 Chance of Catastrophic Solar Megastorm by 2020
• Adam Mann via WIRED.comThe Earth has a roughly 12 percent chance of experiencing an enormous megaflare erupting from the sun in the next decade. This event could potentially cause trillions of dollars’ worth of damage and take up to a decade to recover from.