from TFA, it seems all of the increase is explained by the dud maunder maximum of the past few years. the magnetosphere and atmosphere are unaffected, but more

from TFA, it seems all of the increase is explained by the dud maunder maximum of the past few years. the magnetosphere and atmosphere are unaffected, but more rays are getting through the weakened solar wind. they anticipate a record-setting maunder minimum in 2019-2020 that will intensify the problem