[delichon]

> This may have affected the Earth's atmosphere and climate.

Adding uncertainty to climate forecasting models. Can we detect or predict changes to the interstellar medium in our path through space and improve forecasts with that? Maybe we could at least put an upper bound on the magnitude of the effect.

[gerad]

I learned this in the Cal Academy of Sciences the other day! Apparently we’re about halfway through a region of less interstellar activity.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble