They clarified that the Sun does have a variable cycle, but this has nothing to do with earthquakes, adding that earthquakes are a result of activities in the Earth's interior: In another report, the USGS explained that there is no relationship between solar minimums and the occurrence of earthquakes. And while it is true that during that year, there was an observed drop in temperature and noticeable poor crop yield, it is completely unrelated to solar activity. This was thought to be associated with a big volcanic eruption in Indonesia that happened in 1815.

Previous claims stated that low solar activity has also been related to famine, crop loss, and powerful volcanic eruptions. Warming from increased levels of human-produced greenhouse gases is actually many times stronger than any effects due to recent variations in solar activity.' In a report from NASA, it is stated that 'the current scientific consensus is that long and short-term variations in solar activity play only a very small role in Earth's climate. However, experts disagree with the said theory.Īccording to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute senior scientist, Rasmus Benestad, the original release only discussed 'space weather,' which pertains to the effect of solar conditions on the upper atmosphere and not mainly on the Earth's weather. In previous claims, it was theorized that low solar activity could lead to extremely cold weather, crop loss, famine, and volcanic eruptions. Tony Philipps puts it, 'Solar Minimum is underway, and it is a deep one.' Phillips further explained the changes in sunspot count over the past century. These two consecutive periods of record-setting spotlessness adds up to a deeper solar minimum. Last year, the Sun was blank 77 percent of the time, a rate that had been unprecedented in the Space Age. This year, the Sun has no recorded activity 76 percent of the time. The Sun has recently been observed to be in a period of 'solar minimum,' which means that solar activity has dropped significantly. And some say that the Sun is also having a lockdown of its own called ' solar minimum.' But what effect does this have on the environment? Almost every country on Earth is on lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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