Image: “San Fernando Valley, California 14: Sky, Clouds and Sun 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 22 April 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Dear Ones,

I asked Google AI Overview the question: “What has radiation from the Sun been like for the last 14 years?” The answer is intriguing …

“According to recent NASA research, over the last 14 years (from 2005 to 2019), the Earth’s energy imbalance, which is essentially how much solar radiation is absorbed by the planet compared to how much is emitted back into space, has roughly doubled, indicating a significant increase in the amount of solar radiation received by Earth during that period; however, this increase is still considered relatively small within the natural variations of the sun’s cycle.

Key points about the recent solar radiation trends:

• Slight increase:

While the increase in solar radiation over the past 14 years is noticeable, the overall change in the sun’s output is considered very small, within the normal fluctuations of a solar cycle.

• Energy imbalance:

The key finding is that the Earth is absorbing more solar radiation than it is emitting, leading to a positive energy imbalance and contributing to global warming.

• Causes of the increase:

Factors like changes in cloud cover and ocean currents can influence how much solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth.” – Google AI Overview [adapted with orange highlights]

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It could be this is a trick question, as the number of sunspots in the year 2005 was low compared to the number of sunspots this year. Consequently there has been more solar radiation hitting Earth this year.

So, rather than global warming, we may have just a variation in Earth-absorbed solar radiation that is dependent on annual sunspot activity.

Whether this is true depends on how Google AI calculated ‘over the past 14 years’. Did AI mean, on 2005 versus in 2025? Or did AI figure the doubling in a different way? I am asking that because it is so tempting to align with what is politically correct in averring that global warming exists.

Is Earth-absorbed solar radiation just a blip on the ISES Solar Cycle Sunspot Progression graph?

Image; “ISES Solar Cycle Sunspot Number Progression [all years to 25 February 2025],” by Space Weather Prediction Center, NOAA … https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression … Public domain

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My hunch is that it is just a blip.

For those of you who are statisticians, the definitive answer may be in these links…

Link: “Climate Action: NASA: Earth’s Energy Imbalance Has Doubled Over Last 14 years,” by Nasa, republished in World Economic Forum … https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/06/nasa-study-earths-energy-imbalance-rise/ ..

Link: “Satellite and Ocean Data Reveal Marked Increase in Earth’s Heating Rate,” by Norman G. Loeb, Gregory C. Johnson, Tyler J. Thorsen, John M. Lyman, Fred G. Rose, Seiji Kato, 15 June 2021, in Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093047 … https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL093047 ..

In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!

Written and published on 25 February 2025

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