Investigating the Cosmic and Solar Drivers of Stratospheric &lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;Be Variability
Journal: Preprints.org
Year: 2025

Space weather exerts a significant influence on the Earth’s atmosphere, driving a variety of physical processes, including the production of cosmogenic radionuclides. Among these, 7Be is a naturally occurring radionuclide formed through spallation reactions induced by cosmic-ray showers interacting with atmospheric constituents, primarily oxygen and nitrogen. Over long timescales, the atmospheric concentration of 7Be exhibits a direct correlation with the cosmic-ray flux reaching the Earth and a