There Goes The Sun
Researchers in the British Royal Society have concluded that neither the sun nor cosmic rays can be blamed for current warming trends around the planet. Given it’s nature one would think we’d point the finger at the sun first, but a recent paper published in “Proceedings A” shows that the sun’s energy output has actually dropped over the last 20 years, while global temperatures have risen.
The cosmic ray hypothesis holds that cosmic rays create clouds as they’re absorbed by the earth’s atmosphere. Some clouds lock heat in; others bounce solar radiation off the planet. Research shows that levels of cosmic rays seem to be completely statistically irrelevant to global temperature trends.
Dr. Mike Lockwood has two choice quotes in the BBC article below. “You can’t just ignore bits of data that you don’t like” and “This should settle the debate”.
If only.
Via: BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘No Sun link’ to climate change
[tags]sun, cosmic rays, royal society, global warming, climate change[/tags]
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July 17th, 2007 at 8:39 am
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