[bayliving]

I read somewhere that the "Solar Wind" is also about 25% off from what it normally is and that it has something to do with protecting the earth from cosmic rays.

The fact that the solar wind is off by 25% or more allows cosmic rays to bombard our upper atmosphere which in turn creates particles there that allow for more cloud formation. (This greater amount of clouds has a cooling effect all its own as it blocks the suns rays from reaching the Earth and its oceans and warming it/them.)

I don't know if you have noticed but this "summer" has been the cloudiest (and coolest) I can remember in my forty years of life on this planet.

Like I said, there is no coincidence.

[Star Traveler]

That’s what I was getting at... it’s cosmic radiation from outer space and cloud formation that is doing it... :-)

And also the Solar Wind is directly affected by the sunspot activity...

So..., it’s quite an interesting and convoluted process... :-)

[Star Traveler]

Also, if you haven’t yet, take the time to see the documentary in post #5... :-)

[patriciaruth]

I’m waiting for the third edition of The Chilling Stars when physicist Henrik Svensmark finishes the CLOUD09 experiments at CERN in Europe.

Did you get your interest in cosmic rays forming low lying clouds on Earth from his work?

He talks about how there are more cosmic rays entering Earth’s atmosphere when the sun’s magnetic field strength is lower and/or when we are in those parts of our galactic orbit where there are more cosmic rays.