{"id":265395,"date":"2023-07-04T14:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265395"},"modified":"2023-07-04T14:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:43:16","slug":"scientists-cosmic-ray-cloud-connection-explains-million-year-climate-changes-far-better-than-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265395","title":{"rendered":"Scientists: Cosmic Ray-Cloud Connection Explains Million-Year Climate Changes Far Better Than CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"602\" data-attachment-id=\"265402\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=265402\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?fit=2779%2C2312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2779,2312\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-87\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?fit=723%2C602&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=723%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=1024%2C852&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=768%2C639&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=1536%2C1278&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=2048%2C1704&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?resize=1200%2C998&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-87.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/\">NoTricksZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/author\/kenneth-richard\/\">Kenneth Richard<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>3. July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"472\" data-attachment-id=\"265403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=265403\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-88.png?fit=768%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-88\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-88.png?fit=723%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-88.png?resize=723%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-88.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-88.png?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Per a\u00a0new study, million-year variations in cosmic rays (CR) modulating cloud cover, which, in turn, drives variations in incident solar radiation on short- and long-term timescales, is the dominant cause of million-year climate variations, explaining all 7 Ice Age epochs over the Phanerozoic.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, declining CO2 and rising solar luminosity over the last billion years cannot explain past climate variations, as they \u201ccancel each other out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CO2\u2019s effects on climate are, using paleoclimate estimations of solar luminosity, assessed to be nearly just half of what the climate models say they are (2.1 W\/m\u00b2 for CO2 doubling [~0.7\u00b0C] rather than 3.7 W\/m\u00b2 [1.2\u00b0C] per doubling).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assessing only millions-of-years timescales, the authors (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdfdirect\/10.1111\/nyas.14920\">Shaviv et al., 2023<\/a><\/strong>) suggest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe CR\/climate relationship is the only one capable of explaining the magnitude of the observed solar-climate interactions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe apparent effect that the CRs have on cloud cover automatically explains the size of all the observed solar-related climate variations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe seven ice-age epochs\u2026over the past billion years have taken place when the CR flux was higher, as the theory predicts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cDecreases in CO2 concentration and the increase in solar luminosity mostly cancel each other out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/notrickszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Galactic-Cosmic-Ray-Flux-explains-climate-variations-over-geological-time-Shaviv-2023.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Image Source:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdfdirect\/10.1111\/nyas.14920\">Shaviv et al., 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Annals-of-the-New-York-Academy-of-Sciences-2022-Shaviv-The-Phanerozoic-climate.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Annals-of-the-New-York-Academy-of-Sciences-2022-Shaviv-The-Phanerozoic-climate.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-31757bad-2bcd-4e34-a90c-97518b622a71\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Annals-of-the-New-York-Academy-of-Sciences-2022-Shaviv-The-Phanerozoic-climate.pdf\">Annals-of-the-New-York-Academy-of-Sciences-2022-Shaviv-The-Phanerozoic-climate<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Annals-of-the-New-York-Academy-of-Sciences-2022-Shaviv-The-Phanerozoic-climate.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-31757bad-2bcd-4e34-a90c-97518b622a71\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the 3 authors of this study documented the the large effect on climate due to \u201ccloud radiative forcing\u201d induced by a cosmic ray-cloud link a few years ago (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-99033-1\">Svensmark et al., 2021<\/a><\/strong>). They found that \u201clow liquid clouds are mainly responsible for the change in net radiative forcing\u201d (i.e., 2 W\/m\u00b2) over short-term periods as well.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/notrickszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cosmic-ray-aerosol-cloud-link-to-radiative-budget-changes-of-2-Wm2-in-days-Svensmark-2021.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Image Source:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-99033-1\">Svensmark et al., 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/s41598-021-99033-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of s41598-021-99033-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3a7d4574-a3b4-46b2-82c4-cd878640ada3\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/s41598-021-99033-1.pdf\">s41598-021-99033-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/s41598-021-99033-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3a7d4574-a3b4-46b2-82c4-cd878640ada3\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ancient climate link to galactic cosmic ray\/cloud-induced global cooling and consequent mass extinction episodes has been suggested by other scientists (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-981-13-3639-3_18\">Isozaki, 2019<\/a><\/strong>) as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cGalactic cosmic radiation (GCR) and solar\/terrestrial responses in magnetism (Category 4) could have had a profound impact on the Earth\u2019s climate, in particular on extensive cloud coverage (irradiance shutdown).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAs an ultimate cause (Category 4) for major extinction, the episodic increase in GCR-dust flux from the source (dark clouds derived from starburst) against the geomagnetic shield likely determined the major climate changes, particularly global cooling in the past.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/notrickszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ordovician-Permian-Extinction-Cloud-GCR-Isozaki-2019.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Image Source:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-981-13-3639-3_18\">Isozaki, 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It\u2019s much less I mean, the climate disasters and so on, I mean, they\u2019re not really increasing at all. 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In the past year alone, radiation levels in the air high above California have plummeted more than 15%, according to regular launches of cosmic ray balloons by Spaceweather.com and\u00a0Earth to Sky Calculus. 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