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Planet X vs Sun: Solar Effect ACTUAL


And what do Solar Winds or Solar Fares actually do?  Certainly not cause
pole shifts or massive die-offs of the Earth's population, not per the
scientists.  

    According to Drew Shindell, a climate researcher from 
    NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, 
    NY, and lead author of the new study, a key piece of the 
    puzzle was missing. Previous studies neglected to take 
    into account the effects of increased solar activity on the 
    ozone layer or the complex chemistry of the upper 
    atmosphere where most of the high-energy radiation, 
    including ultra-violet radiation (the kind responsible for 
    creating the ozone layer) gets absorbed. " ... During the 
    sun's 11-year cycle, from a  solar maximum to a solar 
    minimum, the energy released by the sun changes by 
    only about a tenth of a percent. When the solar cycle is 
    at a maximum, it puts out a larger percentage of 
    high-energy radiation, which increases the amount of 
    ozone in the upper atmosphere. ... Many scientists have 
    argued that the radiation change in a solar cycle - an 
    increase of two to three tenths of a percent over the 20th 
    century - are not strong enough to account for the 
    observed surface temperature increases. The GISS 
    model agrees that the solar increases do not have the 
    ability to cause large global temperature increases, 
    leading Shindell to conclude that greenhouse gasses 
    are indeed playing the dominant role. The general 
    circulation model used in the study included solar 
    radiation data from NASA's Upper Atmospheric 
    Research Satellite, launched in 1991. With data from 
    UARS, which was used to calculate ozone changes, 
    scientists have good  measurements of how much 
    radiation the sun puts out, increasing the accuracy of 
    the new model.
Link Between Solar Cycle and Climate is Blowin' in the Wind
Release No. 99-39, Goddard Space Flight Center April 8, 1999

    A popular rumor making the rounds on the Internet is 
    that on Jan. 1, 2000, the sun will let loose with a 
    powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) that will zap 
    important communications satellites and short-circuit 
    terrestrial power grids. Not! The sun indeed is 
    becoming more active, but it's nothing new. "The 
    sun's been doing this for a long, long time," said Dr. 
    David Hathaway, solar physics group leader at 
    NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. And even 
    though the sun is climbing towards the peak of yet 
    another sunspot cycle maximum, "This cycle is a little 
    different from what we've seen, but not out of the 
    ordinary. For us on Earth it's going to be life as usual.
     ... "The story about a powerful CME is gaining wide 
    circulation on the Internet, largely because there are 
    elements of truth to it. The solar cycle is climbing 
    towards maximum. CMEs can generate geomagnetic 
    storms that disrupt or damage satellites. Geomagnetic
    storms have overloaded the power grid in the 
    American northeast. And then there was the "planet 
    buster" comment offered in jest but taken seriously 
    by a few people. "It looks like this cycle, while bigger
    than usual, is certainly no record setter," Hathaway 
    continued. "In fact, it keeps looking wimpier than 
    expected."
Planet Busters, Not!
Space Science News, Dec. 31, 2000