How the weather in space can affect us on Earth - and the team trying to protect us
The weather in space has the potential to impact our lives here on Earth in a fundamental way.
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"to diagnose anything that's happening on the Sun's surface, provide a forecast and alert the relevant users to be able to take mitigating actions."
— Richard Stone , Academic
"This pre-warning is a huge mitigation of the danger posed by space weather."
— Professor Huw Morgan , Academic
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