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The Sun is the ultimate power source. It warms the ground we walk on, lights our days, sustains life, and provides directly or indirectly most of the energy on our planet. And it is solar heat that powers the winds and cycles water from sea to rain, the source of our weather and arbiter of our climate. Nowadays, and in all former times, it is the Sun-driven seasons that dominate weather on Earth.
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Lang, K.R. (2009). Space Weather. In: The Sun from Space. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76953-8_7
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