Solar History

Focusing on solar history, this volume synthesizes over four centuries of sunspot observations and five decades of satellite data, emphasizing indirect measures of solar activity. It explores analogies with main sequence stars, lunar rocks, meteorites, and cosmogenic isotopes to assess solar flares and cosmic-ray flux. The book highlights how solar irradiance fluctuations impact global atmospheric circulation, leaving traces in sediments and cave deposits. It aims to identify periodicities and trends for forecasting future environmental changes linked to solar activity.