BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 21, 2021
Scientists say that the sun’s activity is believed to have minimal impact on Earth’s environment and the climate. The “grand solar minimum,” occurs when several solar cycles exhibit lesser than average activity for decades or centuries. That’s something conspiracy theorists, particularly those looking to find explanations for the changing climate other than human-caused emissions, have grasped onto. But science debunks their nonscientific theories.