re: #857 Jimmah

Yeah, I’ve heard the dust storm “explanation” before. It ignores the fact that energy is required to generate storms. Larger storms are entirely consistent with greater solar output. BTW, anyone who tries to tell you that we fully understand all forms of solar energy output, and have many decades of accurate measurements of all these things, is blowing smoke up your skirt. Statements like “solar variations do not explain the observations” are disingenuous because they imply that we fully understand all aspects of solar activity.

Also, keep in mind that the changes on Mars date back several years to when solar activity was likely higher than it is now.