-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- London Telegraph, 3/15/00 World's weather in the stars By Roger Highfield GALACTIC weather forecasts that warn of climate change drew closer yesterday with the discovery of supersonic shock waves at the edge of the Solar System. Traditional weather forecasting focuses on the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. More recently, links have been found between the solar wind - the rain of charged particles from the Sun - and the Earth's climate. Now scientists are working on the ultimate weather forecast that will include the influence of the passage of the Earth through vast clouds of interstellar dust, said Dr Lotfi Jaffel of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. The Earth had been in a relatively quiet region for the past 200,000 years that had not altered our climate significantly. But Dr Jaffel said there was a chance the Solar System would cross dense clouds, raising the prospect that more interstellar charged particles would bombard Earth to alter the climate, for instance by causing ozone depletion and cloud formation. Our Solar System is speeding through a dilute interstellar cloud at Mach 2 to create a shock wave, called the interstellar bow shock, which has now been detected for the first time by Dr Jaffel and colleagues, they report in the Astrophysical Journal. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
