Montana floods

[George Cantstandya]

(06-17-2022, 05:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The "solar minimum" i have heard of is nothing like that.  The entire solar cycle last about 11 years and the "solar minimum" is just the extreme on one end that lasts about a year.

Also though it had to do with radiation instead of effecting the weather.

But I am no expert on this subject at all.

To be honest I never even heard of it.  So I'm glad it was brought up.  I learned some new things today.  Looking some stuff about it here is what NASA has to say about it:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/solar-events-news/Does-the-Solar-Cycle-Affect-Earths-Climate.html

I found this interesting:

Quote:Do scientists think that changes in solar irradiance due to the 11-year solar cycle could be strong enough to cause the current change being measured in Earth's climate?

In a word, no. Scientists agree that the solar cycle and its associated short-term changes in irradiance cannot be the main force driving the changes in Earth's climate we are currently seeing. For one thing, the Sun's energy output only changes by up to 0.15% over the course of the cycle, less than what would be needed to force the change in climate that we see. Also, scientists have not been able to find convincing evidence that the 11-yr cycle is mirrored in any aspects of the climate beyond the stratosphere – such as surface temperature, rainfall or wind patterns.