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by narrationbox 2209 days ago
There have been proposals for an artificial magnetosphere for Mars to help with terraforming.

http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V2050/pdf/8250.pdf

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmo...

If things truly get bad, we are not entirely out of options (though powering the aforementioned shield might be somewhat difficult).