What cycles on earth does solar radiation fuel?

The answer is; atmospheric and oceanic circulations

The sun heats up the earth differentially. Therefore, local regions gain temperatures variably. In the local atmospheres, the less dense air rises and is replaced by cooler air masses creating winds and weather systems. In the oceans, the warm waters move towards the poles (on surface waters) as the cooler more dense water moves towards the equator deep along the ocean floor.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."