Equally epochal is even breathing a mention of the wild hypothesis that the sun might be the primary cause of heat on the planet Earthand that fluctuations in solar heat might be the most powerful influence on observed heat levels here. In the past, this hypothesis was only mentioned in derision, rather than associated with "skeptics and some scientists."
As it is, the politic author declined to mention the names of the scientists who have championed the solar-cycle theory, such as Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas, in the face of professional ostracizing and career sabotage from "climate scientists." But even mentioning it as a live hypothesis is the fraudster establishment beginning a tactical retreat.
I'll bet there was a bloodbath in the editorial offices before this could be published. Atheists have a very low threshold for charges of heresy.
WTH - the sun is 93,000,000 miles away! How can it possibly be a factor in warming our planet?
Next you'll be telling me that without the sun our planet would simply drift off into deep space - all on it's own!
I agree, this is hugh.