Cosmic Rays Blamed For Global Warming

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-11-2007 | Richard Gray

[secretagent]

x

[ancient_geezer]

The controversial theory comes one week after 2,500 scientists who make up the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change published their fourth report

Wonder where these folks have been, this "controversial" theory has been around in the news for at least a decade.

http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/global/CREC.html

With the folks working at CERN working on it since 2001.

http://documents.cern.ch/cgi-bin/setlink?base=cernrep&categ=Yellow_Report&id=2001-007#top

Continuing for at the foreseeable future funded out to 2010 with current results to be published this summer:

CERN Press Release

Hmm wonder it the author knows the difference between "theory" and "hypothesis":

theory hypothesis - Google Search

The Scientific Method Hypothesis to Theory

The scientific method attempts to explain the natural occurrences (phenomena) of the universe by using a logical, consistent, systematic method of investigation, information (data) collection, data analysis (hypothesis), testing (experiment), and refinement to arrive at a well-tested, well-documented, explanation that is well-supported by evidence, called a theory.    The process of establishing a new scientific theory is necessarily a grueling one; new theories must survive an adverse gauntlet of skeptics who are experts in their particular area of science; the original theory may then need to be revised to satisfy those objections.  The typical way in which new scientific ideas are debated are through refereed scientific journals, such as Nature and Scientific American.

[John Valentine]

And, who then is responsible for my Corn Chex going mushy in the milk this morning at breakfast?

Well I KNOW who: BUSH!

[BIGLOOK]

If global warming was real and the ice caps were melting, I`d think the water level here around NYC would be a lot higher than it has been,

What......? No Coney Island whitefish on Wall Street yet?


Climate change happens all the time. Global Warming is a political football that can only result in tax increases funding some inane, worthless program that will produce no solution.

[hosepipe]

[.. Cosmic Rays Blamed For Global Warming ..]

I disagree, I think it is because of Cosmic Bull Phobes..
Imaginary Photons that come from the sun..

[Erasmus]

I'll give it a shot. Cosmic rays aren't rays at all but highly charged particles consisting of ionized atoms.

The term "cosmic ray" was coined early in the 20th century, following the terms "cathode ray" and "x-ray" from the late 19th.

Not long after cosmic and cathode rays were discovered and named, it was found that they were really atomic or subatomic particles, as you mentioned.

The X-ray of course, was a real "ray", in the sense of being an electromagnetic wave. Until quantum mechanics came along to royally screw up that concept < }B^).

[art_rocks]

Can't believe it took 16 posts before a fantastic four reference came up.

[ancient_geezer]

I thought the article said we had decreased cloud cover

It does, and greater solar activity means less cosmic rays flux in the atmosphere. The solar magnetic field intensifies with activity shielding the earth from cosmic ray particles.

More active sun, fewer and less dense clouds in the sky.

 

Global Cloud cover

http://isccp.giss.nasa.gov/zD2BASICS/B8glbp.anomdevs.jpg

 

 

Solar activity is currently peaking out after decades of increase:

 

inducing the dominant portion of global climate changes we currently experience:

Sun's Output Increasing in Possible Trend Fueling Global Warming

Sunspot Activity at 8,000-Year High

Sun's Activity Increased in Past Century, Study Confirms

New Scientist - Hyperactive sun comes out in spots

 

 

The interesting test will be on whether or not ocean and tropospheric temperatures drop as this 8000 year high in solar activity reverses as it is predicted for coming decades.

 

NASA - Long Range Solar Forecast

 

And may already be showing up in falling ocean temperatures since ~2003

Sea Change in Global Warming

 

[jwalsh07]

Roentgen-ray duality. Has a certain ring to it, no? :-}

[TBP]

I'm going in the kitchen to make a hat now...

[Convert]

lol

[Mike Darancette]

"The controversial theory comes one week after 2,500 scientists who make up the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change published their fourth report ...".

This idea has been around (and ignored) for some time.

[Marysecretary]

Yes, we New Yorkers just KNOW it's global warming!

[Convert]

it was a joke

[Convert]

yes

[Convert]

That's what the environmentalists say about us

[steveab]

So you have notice the repubs anb big business have jump in bed with the dems on this co2 trading scam. Isn't ironic that the same countries that sell us oil can sell us carbon credits. Can you say "OPEC" of the CO2 Trading Nations. Us comsumers and tax payers can just bend over again and take like a man.













i

[Convert]

Thanks- we couldn't remember that last line

[Doctor Don]

They need to run this by Al Gore and see what he thinks!

[Convert]

What are their secret identities?