Ronan Connolly: The role of the sun in climate change | Tom Nelson Pod #263

Ronan is an independent scientist, environmentalist and writer. In this episode, Ronan Connolly discusses the complexities of climate change, focusing on the role of the sun and discrepancies in temperature and solar irradiance data. Ronan mentions various scientific debates regarding solar activity's impact on climate, urban heat islands, and the reliability of historical temperature records. Ronan highlights the need for more accurate proxies and continued investigation into the true drivers of global temperature changes. 00:00 Introduction to Climate Data Adjustments 00:18 The Role of the Sun in Climate Change 01:18 Recent Research and Publications 02:47 Understanding Global Warming Attribution 10:11 Urban Heat Island Effect 21:29 Temperature Homogenization Controversy 36:50 Challenges in Sea Surface Temperature Data 44:23 Reconstructing Total Solar Irradiance 57:03 Exploring NASA Climate Reconstructions 57:41 Understanding Sunspots and Their Historical Observations 59:34 The Schwabe Cycle and Solar Cycles 01:01:45 Sunspot Numbers and Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) 01:03:21 Satellite Observations and TSI Measurements 01:12:15 The Akron and PMOD Debate 01:22:56 New TSI Composites and Their Implications 01:38:28 Concluding Thoughts and Future Research Slides for this podcast, along with AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evbid7NOMng New paper on TSI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7794  Other relevant links:  If you want to support the work of CERES, please visit us at https://www.ceres-science.com/support-us  Follow Dr. Ronan Connolly at the following: Home page: https://ronanconnollyscience.com/  Twitter/X: https://x.com/1RonanConnolly  Substack: https://substack.com/@ronanconnolly ========= AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL89cj_OtPeenLkWMmdwcT8Dt0DGMb8RGR X: https://twitter.com/TomANelson Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/