[Thickman]

According to the theories tested by skeptics regarding sunspot activity, these researchers were examining a different phenomena. In The Great Global Warming Swindle the British solar physicist was measuring effects other than brightness due to increased activity of the sun. Thus, the researchers in this article are comparing apples to oranges. The data used by the solar physicist tracked other affects that accurately predicted weather. The documentary took it a step further and showed how the effects he measured DID match historical temperatures on earth.

[palmer]

I think the Russian guy is doing apples to oranges. If there is a solar change that is causing warming on both earth and mars it would have to be irradiance increases, not sunspots (or sun magnetic field activity) because only the irradiance increase would warm the earth and mars the same way.

If the sunspot changes are warming earth (especially over the long run) as the GGWS program suggested, that would just be earth, not mars. I agree that could be happening and my article mentioned it as a possibility at the end also.