[cyclotic]

One of my kids used to work on the SOHO Mission at NASA. It was his college job. He told me about the sunspot activity stuff a couple years ago.

[ETL]

Wow, what a great experience for your son to have worked at NASA. But are you saying that his instructors there actually informed him that sunspots are linked to climate?

Because it wasn’t easy finding that piece on the SOHO website. It was buried deeply within the site, in the “Not-So Frequently Asked Questions” section! For real. I’m not making this up to be funny.

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/classroom/notsofaq.html#SUNSPOT_CLIMATE
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NASA: Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, aka SOHO

Not So Frequently Asked Questions

Sunspots

How big was the largest sunspot group?
Why is it that the areas that appear brightest in the x-ray pictures correspond to sunspot locations?
What is the origin and structure of the designation process for sunspots?
Do Sunspots only appear on certain latitudes?
Why do sunspots seem to enhance radio wave propagation on Earth?
Does the number of sunspots have any effect on the climate here on Earth?

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/classroom/notsofaq.html#SUNSPOT_CLIMATE