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New paper finds another mechanism by which the Sun controls climate
A paper published today in the Journal of Geophysical Research describes an additional mechanism by which small changes in solar activity are amplified to cause climate change. Continue reading
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International team of researchers finds a link between cold European winters and solar activity
Studies of Germany’s largest river reveal a correlation between periods of low activity of the sun and regional cooling Continue reading
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AGU: Link found between cold European winters and solar activity
Temperature could be related to the big heater thingy in the sky? Nah… Continue reading
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Doug L. Hoffman: Earth’s Climate Follows The Sun’s UV Groove
That large changes in solar radiation can affect Earth’s climate is widely accepted. However, the hypothesis of solar-induced centennial to decadal climate changes, which suggests feedback mechanisms in the climate system amplifying even small solar variations, has not found acceptance among orthodox climate scientists. Continue reading
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Pierre Gosselin: Scientists Say A Grand Episode In Solar Activity Started in 2008 – But No Support For A Grand (Maunder-Type) Minimum
Cornelis De Jager of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Silvia Duhau of the Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad de Buenos Aires have published a new paper in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate titled: Sudden transitions and grand variations in the solar dynamo, past and future. Continue reading
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Hockey Schtick: New paper finds sunshine has increased in Iran over past 26 years
A new paper finds a significant positive trend in sunshine hours over Iran during the 26 year period 1981-2007. Increase in sunshine hours is linked to decreased cloudiness and is correlated far more closely to temperature than CO2. Continue reading
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Danny Bloom: Israeli professor says global warming caused by sun, not man
After I wrote a commentary here on June 3, 2012 about global warming and climate change and what all this might mean for the future existence of Israel as a state in the arid Middle East, an Israeli scientist that I contacted told me that he thought I was barking up the wrong tree and was wrong about global warming. Continue reading
Greenhouse gases are responsible for warming, not the sun
Scientists working on climate on a daily basis must have been rather astonished by the recent interview with professor Fritz Vahrenholt published by European Energy Review (May 2, 2012). Continue reading
Dennis T. Avery: My Second-Most-Remarkable Moment
I had my second-most-remarkable moment while at the Heartland climate skeptics’ conference in Chicago last week. The conference was terrific, for climate scientists, geologists, economists, NASA engineers, and interested attendees. The highlight for me, though, was Sebastian Lunning, who co-authored Germany’s best-selling new book The Cold Sun: Why the Climate Catastrophe Won’t Happen. Continue reading
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Nicola Scafetta: The Theory Is Very Simple
Nicola Scafetta is a scientist at Duke University and at the Active Cavity Radiometer Solar Irradiance Monitor Lab which is associated with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Continue reading
Hockey Schtick: New paper finds Sun caused abrupt climate change 2,800 years ago
A paper recently published in Nature Geoscience finds that large changes in solar UV radiation induced amplified effects upon climate and abrupt climate change via the atmospheric circulation. Continue reading
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Hockey Schtick: New paper confirms Little Ice Age was a global phenomenon, related to solar activity
A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters confirms that “the Little Ice Age was a global event, probably caused by a change in solar [activity] and volcanic forcing [activity].” Continue reading
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Is ‘global cooling’ on the way?
Lake sediment proves sun cooled earth 2,800 years ago – and it could happen again soon Continue reading
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