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The Sun is an account of the many ways in which our nearest star affects our planet, how its influence has changed over the last few centuries and millennia, and the extent to which we can predict its future impact. The Sun's rays foster the formation of Vitamin D by our bodies, but it can also promote skin cancer, cataracts, and mutations in our DNA. Besides providing the warmth and light essential to most animal and plant life, solar energy contributes substantially to global warming. Although the charged particles of the solar wind shield us from harmful cosmic rays, solar storms may damage artificial satellites and cripple communication systems and computer networks. The Sun is the ideal renewable energy source, but its exploitation is still bedevilled by the problems of storage and distribution. Our nearest star, in short, is a complex machine which needs to be treated with caution, and this book will equip every reader with the knowledge that is required to understand the benefits and dangers it can bring.

Physics. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Climate Change. --- Meteorology/Climatology. --- Physical geography. --- Meteorology. --- Climatic changes. --- Physique --- Géographie physique --- Météorologie --- Climat --- Changements --- Solar energy. --- Solar radiation --Physiological effect. --- Sun. --- Solar radiation --- Solar energy --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astronomy - General --- Astrophysics --- Physiological effect --- Physiological effect. --- Solar power --- Sunshine --- Geophysics. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Climate change. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Observations. --- Solar system --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Medical climatology --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Geography --- Environmental aspects --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Global environmental change

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Valleys --- Geology --- -Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- River valleys --- Stream valleys --- Landforms --- -Valleys --- -River valleys --- Geognosy --- Geology - Mediterranean region

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From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi: The Sun – A User’s Manual (2008) ….this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book… D.W. Hughes, Times Literary Supplement Solar History (2013) ....a book that is supremely informative, intensely stimulating and enjoyable to read... Ian Seymour, Astronomy Now A History of the Solar System (2016) ...there is a huge amount of useful information in this book that would benefit anyone who needed more detail than is available in a typical popular science title. Brian Clegg, Popular Science.

Sun. --- Physical geography. --- Climatic changes. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Climate Change. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Geography --- Environmental aspects --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astrophysics. --- Geophysics. --- Climate change. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Global environmental change