[neverdem]

Exploratory Analysis of Similarities in Solar Cycle Magnetic Phases with Southern Oscillation Index Fluctuations in Eastern Australia

IMHO, this is not good for the global warmists.

[neverdem]

New World post-pandemic reforestation helped start Little Ice Age, say Stanford scientists

How genes are silenced - Molecular snapshot reveals the mechanics of RNA interference.

Publish in Wikipedia or perish - Journal to require authors to post in the free online encyclopaedia.

IMHO, the last link isn't the worst development. I search on Yahoo first. Results are often Wikipedia links. Scientific and technical searches will have more credibility. I wouldn't trust Wikipedia for anything dealing with politics.

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[neverdem]

interesting stuff

[DB]

There's one thing I find confusing by this theory.

If lower solar magnetic activity leads to more UV hitting the earth killing plankton which results in less dimethyl sulfide which in turn leads to less cloud formation, wouldn't that lead to warming and not cooling??? More clouds reflect more sun light away from earth meaning less solar heat for the earth.

All the published data indicates just the opposite affect. Lower solar magnetic activity results in fewer sun spots and a cooler earth.

What am I missing?

[grey_whiskers]

On the other hand, Lockwood says, the paper contains no statistical tests, and connections such as the one it suggests "can arise readily by chance, even for extended intervals."

Snerk!

Break out the Kalman filters for meta-studies on the *pro*-AGW papers...?

[facedown]

Scientists have long known that the sun plays a key role in Earth's weather patterns.

Glad to see they finally figured that one out.

[Libloather]

Get a DVD of this and pass it around. The big secret - the sun warms the planet. Shhhhhh...

[xcamel]

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