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How does solar activity affect Earth?

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When the sun becomes active, the occurrences of phenomena such as solar flares, coronal mass ejection become frequent. The amount of high-energy particles and extreme shortwave radiation released, such as X-rays and UV, will also increase. These phenomena affect the ionosphere of the Earth's atmosphere the most.

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