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Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?

Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a geomagnetic storm could create a grid-down scenario. We learn about the Carrington Event, Coronal Mass Ejection, and how to harden the grid.
Season 2 Episode 8 Length 10:53 Premiere: 02/22/22

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The Doomsday Glacier Is Collapsing…Who Is Most at Risk?
S2 E10 Length 12:13 Premiere Date 04/18/22

This Is the Safest Place to Live as the Climate Changes
S2 E9 Length 09:12 Premiere Date 03/21/22

Is Earth’s Greatest Threat...The Sun?
S2 E8 Length 10:53 Premiere Date 02/22/22

Is This the Real Reason Weather is Getting Wilder?
S2 E7 Length 09:47 Premiere Date 01/26/22

Could The Next Blackout Be More Deadly Than Katrina?
S2 E6 Length 10:43 Premiere Date 12/08/21

How Volcanic Lightning Is Making the World a Safer Place
S2 E5 Length 08:20 Premiere Date 11/08/21

Surprising Truth Behind Planting Trees and Climate Change
S2 E4 Length 08:50 Premiere Date 10/18/21

World Record Hail: Water Droplet To Wrecking Ball
S2 E3 Length 07:34 Premiere Date 09/27/21

Is The Dust Bowl Happening Again?
S2 E2 Length 07:26 Premiere Date 09/09/21

Extreme Wildfire: Deadly, but Not for the Climate?
S2 E1 Length 10:02 Premiere Date 08/26/21

First Look at Weathered: After the LA Firestorm
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 12/29/25

First Look at Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 02/27/25

First Look at Weathered: Earth's Extremes
Preview Length 03:00 Premiere Date 09/18/24

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