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Historical data suggest a relation between the changing level of solar activity and climatic change on Earth. Since there is also evidence that the solar cycle of activity is influenced by the alignments of the planets, through tidal interactions with the Sun, it seems that climatic change might be predicted by studying these alignments.
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GRIBBIN, J. Planetary Alignments, Solar Activity and Climatic Change. Nature 246, 453–454 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246453a0
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