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Old 12-30-2019, 05:29 PM   #8055 (permalink)
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cosmic 'rays' and climate

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Alpha radiation wouldn't get far into the atmosphere. I'm not sure if that includes neutrons or not.

I would expect gamma radiation to be by far the largest emission from the sun to cause warming.

Not sure how well beta particles penetrate.
The only climate forcing associated with cosmic radiation is the potential creation of cloud condensation nuclei within regimes of atmospheric water vapor saturation.The argument suffers from the inconvenience of clouds being responsible for both reflecting solar radiation away from Earth,cooling the planet,while at the same time holding in more heat than they block,heating the planet.Aside from some man-made,long-lived molecules,water vapor is the chief greenhouse gas,and clouds are like blankets in the sky,even contrails from jet aircraft.
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