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Solar cycle and climate predictions

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The impact of solar activity on climate has been debated heatedly. Simulations with a climate model using new observations of solar variability suggest a substantial influence of the Sun on the winter climate in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Figure 1: The negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation.

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  1. Katja Matthes is at the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany,

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Matthes, K. Solar cycle and climate predictions. Nature Geosci 4, 735–736 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1298

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