Posted on 09/08/2009 5:30:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
Climate Change: A team of international scientists has finally figured out why sunspots have a dramatic effect on the weather. It shows the folly of fearing the SUV while dismissing that thermonuclear furnace in the sky.
Our own government is committed to fighting climate change whether it be though Son of Kyoto or our own growth-capping, job-killing cap-and-trade legislation known as Waxman-Markey.
Despite the sun being the major source of all energy on earth, supporters of man-caused global warming have dismissed the sun's role in climate change. They say the historic 11-year solar cycle changes the amount of energy reaching the earth by about only 0.1% — not enough to account for temperature rises this century.
The Aug. 28 issue of the journal Science details how the scientific team led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), using a century's worth of data and three powerful computer models, figured out just how small changes in solar activity can trigger great changes in earth's climate.
The study found that chemicals in the stratosphere and sea surface temperatures during solar maximums act in a way that amplifies the sun's influence. The slight increase in solar energy in the peak production of sunspots is absorbed by stratospheric ozone, warming the air in the tropics where sunlight is most intense.
The additional energy also helps produce more ozone that absorbs even more solar energy. The increased sunlight causes a slight warming of ocean surface waters across the subtropical Pacific.
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Here’s something to add to the discussion.
The Earth is actually farther away from the sun during the summer, and closer in the winter.
The ‘thing’ that makes the difference in our ‘weather’ is the tilt of the Earth, which varies the amount of atmosphere the sun’s rays have to penetrate.
Not down below!
I guess we should come up with a weapon that can damage the sun in order to prevent the destruction of the planet. /s
Sun spot credits, he should have thought of that before carbon credits. Soon, he will be selling Ice Credits, to cure global cooling and I bet there would be idiots that would buy them.
Dog-caused manbiting!
I had a feeling the sun might be involved but I could just never prove it.
Anyone memo’d this to Gore and the other moronic global warming idiots?
There is a pile of grant money available to prove the sun isn't involved. Facts aren't required.
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