Study finds a link between the sun’s cycle and rain that could improve long-term climate predictions, as China battles severe flooding

“The summer precipitation pattern on a decadal timescale … can be attributed to the solar precipitation regime,” the team said in a paper published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Climate on July 15.

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