Never in the Earth s history have temperatures risen so quickly and so dramatically. For this reason, the scientific consensus is that while the heat of the sun is responsible for global warming in a general sense, current global warming and solar radiation trends are not related.
http://www.solarradiation.net/Global-Warming-and-Solar-Radiation.html
The increased ozone warms the upper atmosphere and the warm air affects winds all the way from the stratosphere (that region of the atmosphere that extends from about 6 to 30 miles high) to the Earth's surface. The change in wind strength and direction creates different climate patterns around the globe.
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/FAQ2.html
Solar scientists have long known that solar variability changes the distribution of energy in the Earth's atmosphere. During the Sun's 11-year cycle, from solar maximum through solar minimum, the energy released by the Sun changes by only about a tenth of a percent.
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/FAQ2.html
Overview. Without the impact of solar radiation, the temperature on the earth would be about the same as the temperature of space, which is about -454 F. The amount of radiation reaching the earth is about 1,368 watts per square meter.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/07/global_warming_and_solar_radia_1.html
In order to understand the relationship between global warming and solar radiation, it s necessary to understand how the sun and the Earth relate to one another in space. The Earth, like most planets, follows an orbit that subtly changes shape over time.
http://www.solarradiation.net/Global-Warming-and-Solar-Radiation.html
As solar radiation varies in intensity, it can be expected to periodically also warm the earth's oceans, releasing dissolved carbon dioxide and melting methane hydrates -- the release of which have always accompanied all previous warming periods for millions of years.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/07/global_warming_and_solar_radia_1.html
Titan has an anti-greenhouse effect, in that its atmosphere absorbs solar radiation but is relatively transparent to infrared radiation. Pluto is also colder than would be expected, because evaporation of nitrogen cools it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
Part of this radiation is directed towards the surface, warming it. On Earth, solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to warm the planetary surface. The surface itself emits energy at the lower frequencies of infrared thermal radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases also radiate energy, some of which is directed to the surface and lower atmosphere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect
(15) This phenomenon appears to involve solar radiation, which has been increasing for the last 100 years. Without solar radiation, both Mars and the earth's temperature would be - 454 C. (16) and no other energy source exists in our solar system of this magnitude.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2007/07/global_warming_and_solar_radia_1.html
Global Warming FAQs. A NASA computer climate model reinforces the long-standing theory that low solar activity could have changed the atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere from the 1400s to the 1700s and triggered a Little Ice Age in several regions including North America and Europe.
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/FAQ2.html
does solar radiation cause global warming
No, solar radiation does not cause global warming.