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The maunder minimum was a period of very few sunspots, which coincided with the mini ice age in the graph you showed. The correlation works the opposite way round from what you said. See the rest here: It has only been 150 years since the Dalton minimum , ended until today and the worlds oceans are still recovering from that extended cold spell. So only now are we seeing the oceans provide the hot period effects and then reduced … Here is the original: Apparently, Ruedy said, the solar cycle “has much less impact than the warming trend.” NOAA research meteorologist Tom Knutson doesn’t find that surprising. The trend has existed since records began in the late 1800s. … Go here to see the original: While a component of recent global warming may have been caused by the increased solar activity of the last solar cycle , that component was very small compared to the effects of additional greenhouse gases. … Read the original: By Alan Kohler Updated July 13, 2010 07:39:00 As Federal Cabinet goes through the rather novel (for them) task today of debating important economic policies, See original here: London Guardian | Hackers hijacked Europe’s carbon-trading website and replaced it with spoof page detailing flaws in cap and trade scheme. Continue reading here: Hackers shut down EU carbon-trading website … View original post here: Koch says he’s not sure if global warming is caused by human activities, and at any rate, he sees the heating up of the planet as good news. Lengthened growing seasons in the northern hemisphere, he says, will make up for any trauma … Original post: Ice core samples from 130000 to 115000 years ago — the last time Earth’s climate was a few degrees warmer than today — could help forecast the impacts of current global warming , the researchers said. “Our findings will increase our … See the original post here: In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan’s Environmental Protection Agency successfully put in place a cap-and-trade system to phase out leaded gasoline. The rest is here: Columbia Journalism Review, December 2009 – When the [ Climategate ] e-mails first leaked, however, reporters and bloggers on both sides of the debate expressed reservations about the legality and ethicality of publishing information … Read the original post: |
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