Space Storm Alert: 90 Seconds from Catastrophe
March 31st, 2009. Published under My Recent Reads. No Comments.
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Over the last few decades, western civilisations have busily sown the seeds of their own destruction. Our modern way of life, with its reliance on technology, has unwittingly exposed us to an extraordinary danger: plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, with catastrophic consequences.