“...the Sun regulates the temperature.”
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If we are talking change in climate, it indirectly regulates albedo, which in turn regulates temperature.
“If we are talking change in climate, it indirectly regulates albedo, which in turn regulates temperature.”
Absolutely right on the money. In the graph I posted above it shows Solar Isolation dropping about 8,000 years ago. There is a delayed effect of this drop because of thermal mass storing heat like a battery.
Solar Insolation and Albedo are directly related in cause and effect.
Insolation effects:
“The intensity of albedo temperature effects depends on the amount of albedo and the level of local insolation (solar irradiance); high albedo areas in the Arctic and Antarctic regions are cold due to low insolation, whereas areas such as the Sahara Desert, which also have a relatively high albedo, will be hotter due to high insolation. Tropical and sub-tropical rainforest areas have low albedo, and are much hotter than their temperate forest counterparts, which have lower insolation. Because insolation plays such a big role in the heating and cooling effects of albedo, high insolation areas like the tropics will tend to show a more pronounced fluctuation in local temperature when local albedo changes.[citation needed]
Arctic regions notably release more heat back into space than what they absorb, effectively cooling the Earth. This has been a concern since arctic ice and snow has been melting at higher rates due to higher temperatures, creating regions in the arctic that are notably darker (being water or ground which is darker color) and reflects less heat back into space. This feedback loop results in a reduced albedo effect.”
From Albedo page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo#Insolation_effects