Category Archives: Cosmic Rays

Two Review Papers Conclude — It is the SUN! Not CO2.

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

Review paper on cosmoclimatology finds the Sun controls climate change, not CO2 A new SPPI & CO2 Science review paper entitled Solar Influence on Climate: Cosmic Rays reviews the literature on Svensmark’s theory of cosmoclimatologyand concludes, “Clearly, in light of … Continue reading →

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Global Warming and Climate Change: Science and Politics

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

Cliff Ollier School of Earth and Environmental Studies, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Department of Geoecology and Palaeogeography, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland   Abstract: The threat of dangerous climate change from anthropogenic global warming has decreased. Global … Continue reading →

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Solar Variability and Terrestrial Climate

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Anthony Watt’s at WUWT discussed a new report issued by the National Research Council (NRC), “The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate,” lays out some of the surprisingly complex ways that solar activity can make itself felt on our … Continue reading →

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Sunspots not an indicator of solar cycle

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

By Stuart Gary Underlying solar cycle activity can’t be predicted by sunspot numbers (NASA/TRACE) A new study of ice core samples has found the link between sunspot activity and the Sun’s solar cycle isn’t as strong as previously thought Researchers … Continue reading →

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The 11-Year Solar Cycle Continued During Maunder Minimum

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Russ Steele The Space Daily has the details in a story titled: The 11-Year Solar Cycle Continues During Prolonged Sunspot Minimum Streaming into the solar system at nearly the speed of light, galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) are a high-energy mix … Continue reading →

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Something is Happening On the Sun

Posted on October 21, 2012 by

Russ Steele Leif Svalgaard a well known solar scientist is giving a presentation in Oslo on Monday titled Solar Activity Past Present and Future. The whole presentation is rather detailed and at times complex, but I found slide 34 very … Continue reading →

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Climate Follows The Sun’s UV Groove To Grand Minimums

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Russ Steele Doug L. Hoffman, writing at The Resilient Earth has an interesting post on how changes in the Sun’s UV radiation can impact the climate here on earth, with links to known grand minimums. Here is Doug’s introduction: That … Continue reading →

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Did exploding stars help life on Earth to thrive?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Russ Steele Today the Royal Astronomical Society in London publishes Henrik Svensmark’s latest paper entitled “Evidence of nearby supernovae affecting life on Earth”. After years of effort Svensmark shows how the variable frequency of stellar explosions not far from our … Continue reading →

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More Proof that Cosmic Rays Influence Our Climate

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Russ Steele Nigel Calder writes on his Calder Updates blog there is now more proof that cosmic rays influence the earth’s climate.  Calder co-wrote The Chilling Stars, with Henrik Svensmark, who conducted the initial experiments on cosmic ray cloud formation. … Continue reading →

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Climate change research and 9-11 contribution

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

Russ Steele Nigel Calder the co-author of The Chilling Stars: A Cosmic View of Climate Change also posts on his blog Calder’s Updates. This morning ten years after the 9-11 event he reminds us of a climatic footnote to the 9-11 … Continue reading →

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