Sun Spots... How do they affect our weather?

Question

Sun Spots... How do they affect our weather?

Answer 1

Sun spots have a much better corrolation with global surface temperature than CO2.  Objective scientists would say that the climate system is not suficiently well understood to say that sun spots are definately driving the tempertature.

Answer 2

http://www.global-warming-and-the-climat...

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Bob, Although I disagree with you most of the time, I loved reading the discussion after the story in the link that you provided. Very professional debate going on there....Just what the doctor ordered!

Answer 3

Even if sunspots did effect the earths whether in terms of heating and cooling it does not mean we are not also influencing the weather. One does not necessarily negate the other.

So let me ask you this, what happens when the sun affects our weather for the warmer, doesn't it stand to reason when coupled with excess green house gases and the lack of polar ice caps to reflect these rays back into space that the earth will heat up at an accelerated rate?

Answer 4

Very little.

See:

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/arc...