Posted by
The Interface on Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:10:05 PM
ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Apparently defying the loudly proclaimed absolute final truth demonstrated by an alleged consensus of scientists, we have a report on global warming from
Daily Tech:
"A study from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland looking at climate data over the past century has concluded that solar variation has made a significant impact on the Earth's climate. The report concludes that evidence for climate changes based on solar radiation can be traced back as far as the Industrial Revolution."
Now, we understand that the idea that the sun could be affecting the earth's climate might be unwelcome to true believers, but the evidence is persuasive for those interested in the facts and not their own agenda. Thomas Woods, solar scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder says, "
The fluctuations in the solar cycle impacts Earth's global temperature by about 0.1 degree Celsius, slightly hotter during solar maximum and cooler during solar minimum. The sun is currently at its minimum, and the next solar maximum is expected in 2012."
You will be relieved to find out, however, that the NASA report went back to blaming humans for warming in spite of their own evidence to the contrary (and lack of evidence for their assertion). After all, only so many inconvenient truths on the subject can be tolerated at any given time.
Addendum: if you are wondering about the magnitude of the effect being so much lower than the alleged globaloney warming numbers, see
here for an explanation of why hyperventilation is not called for at this time.