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by NeedMoreTea 2697 days ago
No, it's a hilariously disingenuous article.

As far as I can see it's tortuously misquoting this:

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2018/09/27/the-chill-of-sola...

So thermosphere temperatures will cool as a result of the current solar minimum, which we get on an 11 year cycle, and thanks to the TIMED satellite we have data of a complete cycle for the first time.

Course even as the thermosphere cools, surface temperatures are still rising.

Searching for source brought up a veritable sea of conspiracy theory sites and garbage like David Icke.