/sci/ - Science & Math

This is an interesting 4 minute video which attempts to make the case that solar activity directly effects weather here on Earth.
https://youtu.be/EPhjU6FwX_0
It does so by explaining that there were a large number of extreme weather surrounding the Carrington event in 1859, however it doesn't explain how solar activity affects weather, it only hints at possibilities and correlates various events. Do you believe that solar activity affects our weather directly?
If not, why not?
If so, what mechanisms do you think might be at play?
And the big question: could those mechanisms be employed by us as a means of controlling the weather?