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originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: Nathan-D
Technically the sun is responsible for all of the heat.
originally posted by: JHumm
I'm almost 50 now, and I remember when I was young that the sun was more yellow than the white color that it is now.
originally posted by: Nathan-D
Below is an illuminating graph from the book Climate Change The Facts 2017 that shows a large increase in TSI since 1800.
With an explanatory quote:
Using the IPCC's feedback climate sensitivity equation a forcing of 0.7 W/m² relates to a total warming of 0.56°C which means the Sun can account for a significant part of the warming since pre-industrial times.
Source.
originally posted by: JHumm
I'm almost 50 now, and I remember when I was young that the sun was more yellow than the white color that it is now.
I remember that when we were outside that the sun was hot and you would feel it on your skin after a while, but now if you go out you can feel the sun on your skin within a few seconds and it is much more intense than it use to be.
It almost feels like what use to take a magnifying glass to feel the kind of intensity that you can feel now.
I think that this is just the sun going through a natural cycle and we just haven't been around long enough to see it.
Has anyone else noticed how much more intense the heat from the sun is?
One of the reconstructions below (from the book Climate Change The Facts) shows an increase in TSI of about 4 W/m2 since 1800