Abstract
Neither sunspots, flares, other solar activity, nor the solar wind, are found to be responsible for the 22-yr solar cycle period found in the [D/H] climate indicator. This period may be due to a periodic variation in solar luminosity induced by a deeply buried magnetic field.
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Dicke, R. Solar luminosity and the sunspot cycle. Nature 280, 24–27 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280024a0
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