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Solar Minimum -> slightly less energy put out by the sun -> slightly less energy absorbed by the oceans -> slightly cooler oceans -> "most severe cold season on

Solar Minimum -> slightly less energy put out by the sun -> slightly less energy absorbed by the oceans -> slightly cooler oceans -> "most severe cold season on record" Preparing for a solar minimum is easier than trying to get a volcano to not explode [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28595353 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28595353

EdwardDiego 5y ago
...except the article mentions jetstreams moving polewards. Which is associated with _increased_ solar irradiance. Not less. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996Sci...272..981H/abstract https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996Sci...272..981H/abstra... IOW - atmosphere is complicated.