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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Sunspots Stir Oceans
From Nature News:
Variations in the Sun's brightness may have a big role in Pacific precipitation.
Computer simulations are showing how tiny variations in the Sun's brightness can have a big influence on weather above the Pacific Ocean.
The simulations match observations that show precipitation in the eastern Pacific varies with the Sun's brightness over an 11-year cycle. However, the model does not indicate a relationship between solar activity and the rise in global temperature over the past century.
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