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