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To: cogitator
But the sun isn't the only thing that influences our climate: volcanic eruptions, large-scale phenomena such as El Nino, and, more recently, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere also affect the global climate.

Well, I suppose two out of three assertions backed by proof isn't bad.

Prior to the industrial revolution, the sun probably accounted for about 10 to 30 percent of climate variability, Hathaway told SPACE.com, but now that greenhouse gases have started to build up, "the sun's contribution is getting smaller and smaller," he added
with a notable lack of quantification.

41 posted on 06/11/2008 1:13:11 PM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar/Feathers '08)
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At the risk of repeating myself:

But the sun isn't the only thing that influences our climate: volcanic eruptions, large-scale phenomena such as El Nino, and, more recently, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere also affect the global climate.

Prior to the industrial revolution, the sun probably accounted for about 10 to 30 percent of climate variability, Hathaway told SPACE.com, but now that greenhouse gases have started to build up, "the sun's contribution is getting smaller and smaller," he added [David Hathaway, a solar physicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.]

Well, which is it, young feller? Is you a solar physicist, or is ya an earth climatologist? Seems to me you may be carrying too many significant digits on that magic sliderule of yours.

42 posted on 06/11/2008 1:25:14 PM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar/Feathers '08)
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