No Link Between Cosmic Rays and Global Warming


	No Link Between Cosmic Rays and Global Warming

Mikez

7-4-2007 3:54 AM

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global warming, cosmic rays, cloud formation, ions, sun spots

Mikez says:

More arguments in the causes or lack thereof for global warming.

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The scientific consensus is in: human-produced carbon dioxide is causing a rise in temperatures across the planet. There are still those who reject the evidence that humans have an impact on global temperatures, and instead maintain that natural processes are at the root. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/no-link-between.html"><P>One of these natural causes, they say, could be from cosmic rays.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/no-link-between.html"><P>When the cosmic rays interact with the Earth's atmosphere, especially the low level clouds, they create ions of varying strength and charge. These ions would then contribute to the formation of dense clouds, blocking the Sun's rays and reducing the effect of heating.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/no-link-between.html"><P>
But T. Sloan from the University of Lancaster and A.W. Wolfendale from
Durham University have looked carefully at the evidence and found it
unconvincing. They published their results in a new paper called <A href="http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0706/0706.4294v1.pdf"><EM>Cosmic Rays and Global Warming</EM></A>. Their research will be presented at the <EM>30th International Cosmic Ray Conference</EM>, held in Merida Mexico from July 3 - July 11, 2007.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/78B91863-01EA-45BE-BD65-595D4E1B5300/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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