Thanks; all I remember was that lower sunspot activity correlated to more clouds and lower temperatures. There is a lot of history of people counting sunspots, apparently at least back to the middle ages. So there is a lot of historical data.
There are multiple factors effecting global warming, both pushing it higher and pulling it lower. And there are lots of human activities effecting both local and global climates. Everything from de-forestation and over grazing in the Sahel to Chinese coal fired power plants. One man can not affect climate, but billons can. ________________________________ From: Jason C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 08 August, 2008 13:41 To: [email protected]; Murray, Richard Subject: RE: NMC, NPC; E85 article You have it backwards, cosmic ray particles SEED low level clouds. When sunspots are weak, the sun's magnetic field is weak, allowing more cosmic rays to reach the earth, seeding clouds, causing lower temperatures. This sunspot cycle (11 years IIRC) is uncommon in that the appearance of the sunspots are 1(?) year late. It coincides with this recent bad winter around the world. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/the-sunspot-mys.html Now here is a book about the cosmic ray / warming/cooling theory, by a scientist named Svensmark. His theory which he'd been working on for >10 years, IMO fits the historical temperature data *better* than the CO2 theory. The book is *very* good ... and surprise! VERY little coverage in the corporate media ... and the chairman of the IPCC called him "irresponsible" (!) for what ... scientific discussion!: http://www.amazon.com/Chilling-Stars-2nd-Cosmic-Climate/dp/1840468661 -
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