Posted on 10/06/2010 10:00:25 PM PDT by Carolina_Thor
Scientists found that a decline in the Sun's activity did not lead as expected to a cooling of the Earth, a surprise finding that could have repercussions for computer models on climate change. The Sun's activity is known to wax and wane over 11-year cycles, which means that in theory the amount of radiation reaching Earth declines during the "waning" phase.
The new study was carried out between 2004 and 2007 during a solar waning phase.
The amount of energy in the ultraviolet part of the energy spectrum fell, the researchers found.
But, contrary to expectation, radiation in the visible part of the energy spectrum increased, rather than declined, which caused a warming effect....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“You neglected to mention the increase in reflection when the land is covered with snow and ice.”
Excellent point. Shhh... Don’t tell the scientists about this. It’ll break their greenhouse model. LOL!
The average US winter temperatures dropped six degrees from 2000 to now.
Maybe they are using the wrong models.
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