Sunspot cycles - anybody up on this stuff know what a lot of sunspots mean?
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Yea, they openly declare there is no direct correlation in that writing. We do not have the capability to unravel this currently, imo.
I suspect as time continues we will develop a better understanding. There is certainly a relationship to the solar output of the sun and the planetary state, but do sunspots drive anything? or are they just a common feature type thing.
When we examine a given sunspot and its projected matter, we are not really in a position to translate that to a direct understanding.
I am clearly posing it as a question, the correct response is, yes we do not have any usable evidence proving such a claim.
The reality is that the sun has much more output than we measure, the impact of the sun on the climate is a reality, but we cannot easily explain the fluctuations we see given our methods of analysis.
So, what I am implying is that it is unlikely the sun spots cause a change in the planets temperature.
A good example of this is the strength of our magnetic field being tied to the sun's state via the interplanetary magnetic field. As we see a reduction in the strength of the magnetic field, we can expect changes with respect to radiation and other matter entering the atmosphere, as one such possibility for something happening which we cannot easily explain and prove using our tools.
You are a nice type of fella eh?
There is no backtrack, perhaps your reading comprehension is lacking.
Your claim that sunspots change the planets temperature being proven via a historical reference to planetary temperature change during a long period of low solar activity is lacking.
If you had instead said, that the low state of the solar output visible during periods of low sun spot counting indicates that the planets temperature drops has been noted, then you would have been correct.
To imply that the sun spots are causing a change in the planets temperature at all is short sighted and not well founded.
What is well founded is that there are other relationships that are in reference to the state of the solar output of the sun that indicate changes in the planets climate.