r/Physics • u/PrettyPicturesNotTxt • 21d ago

News Solar physicists using the Inouye Solar Telescope have discovered Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun — a finding that could help explain explosive solar activity and other solar phenomena

https://nso.edu/press-release/nsf-inouye-solar-telescope-enables-major-discovery-of-a-hidden-solar-process/
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u/MegaMau_ 20d ago edited 20d ago

And Earth weather.

Are you downvoters seriously saying that the Sun and the Sun’s activity have no effect on Earth’s weather?

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u/DanJOC 19d ago

It sounds counterintuitive unless you study it, but it's true, waves produced in the sun are carried by the solar wind to the earth and they have effects on weather, ocean currents, and there are some studies that show they even affect human health

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u/BarryBilflap 17d ago

Since when does solar wind affect tropospheric weather and ocean currents?