The Influence of Solar and Astronomical Factors on Earth
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 December 2022) | Viewed by 7724
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Interests: solar paleoastrophysics; solar activity; solar–climatic relationship; paleoclimatology
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Dear Colleagues,
The ability of climate to influence many aspects of the life of modern humankind has been well known for a long time. The problems associated with global warming over the past 120 years have gone beyond pure science and have become the subject of lively political debate. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recent issued its 6th Assessment Report which stated that: “The likely range of human-induced warming in global-mean surface temperature (GSAT) in 2010–2019 relative to 1850–1900 is 0.8 °C–1.3 °C, encompassing the observed warming of 0.9 °C–1.2 °C, while the change attributable to natural forcings is only −0.1 °C–0.1 °C.” Thus, according to IPCC, the temperature rise observed since the beginning of the 20th century is almost entirely a result of human activities, while the role of natural factors is minimal. On the other hand, evidence has recently emerged that the contribution of changes in solar activity to climate variations over different time scales may be appreciable. The influence of astronomical factors on the Earth's climate is also practically beyond doubt, as can be seen from the Milankovitch (orbital) cycles. These cycles are associated with variations in the parameters of the Earth’s orbit (precession, change in eccentricity, and obliquity) and affect the amount of energy that Earth absorbs from the Sun. They operate on long time scales, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years, and influence long-term changes in the Earth’s climate, including the beginning and end of glaciation periods. Recently, evidence has been obtained that shorter-term astronomical cycles can also affect climate fluctuations. However, significant uncertainty remains in these matters. In addition, the mechanisms by which solar and astronomical factors affect the state of the atmosphere have not yet been clarified, so the question of their possible contribution to climate change in various regions of the Earth remains open. Therefore, further study of the influence of solar and astronomical factors on the Earth's climate is of considerable interest not only from a scientific, but also from a practical point of view.
Dr. Maxim G. Ogurtsov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar activity
- astronomic cycles
- climatic forcings
- climatology
- paleoclimatology
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