At https://notrickszone.com/2024/09/28/climate-complexities-recent-solar-storms-may-have-promoted-cloud-formation/ … an interesting paper but difficult to get your head around. It will therefore be ignored by the great and the good. The hypothesis is that recent solar storms may have promoted cloud formation. Instead of loading the atmosphere and making us all warmer solar activity, in certain circumstances, may do the opposite – by creating more clouds and blocking sunlight. A novel idea and apparently not just contradicting Svensmark and Shaviv but also the Forbush effect. However, solar activity has been fairly intense but in Europe as opposed to anywhere else, there has been little sign of a heatwave in the last few months.

Solar radiation may also have a different effect under different circumstances, we are informed. When the solar wind is strong, particles from space, known as cosmic rays, are deflected away from the Earth = the Forbush effect. If there are few particles there are fewer cloud nuclei. Recent solar activity has been higher than normal – but does the solar wind itself produce particles [not a lot different from cosmic rays outside the solar system]. These seem to be able to penetrate the Van Allen Belt around the Earth. Or that is the claim. This led to higher temperatures back in June and earlier in the year, but later, the evaporation rate over the oceans increased. This led to a drop in sea surface temperatures which perplexed climate scientists. In general, global temperatures dropped back from their high. It seems that whenever large scale cloud formations began the number of sunpots was high. These events seem to accumulate towards the peak of solar maximum – which is the postion now. It becomes so mathematically complex that most scientists can hardly describe it. Meticulous work would be necessary in order to authenticate the proposition. This cannot be done using existing algorithmic models because the models would then crash. This is the point where mathematics catches up with conventional theory. It then goes on to list a selection of research articles that may be helpful to anyone trying to understand the process involved.

At https://phys.org/news/2024-09-lunar-dynamics-unveiling-properties-particle.html … the Moon seems to crisscross Earth’s magnetic field during its orbit around our planet. Does it effect what is going on at the surface of the Moon? Lunar dust dynamics – unveiling the charge properties and particle behaviour of Chang’e 5 samples in an electric field. A new study has looked at the behaviour of lunar regolith under the influence of an external electric field, a discovery that could revolutionise space exploration. The research was done by scientists from the Quian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology at Tsinghua University. The focus is on China’s Chang’e mission and the experiments were conducted under high vacuum conditions in order to simulate the lunar environment.