We saw a colony of New Zealand fur seals basking on a rock in
the last warm rays of the day.
Not exact matches
Sunday treated us to one
last summer day,
warming everything until we were clad in shorts and tank tops, soaking up every
last ray.
Thus it appears that, provided further satellite cloud data confirms the cosmic
ray flux low cloud seeding hypothesis, and no other factors were involved over the past 150 years (e.g., variability of other cloud layers) then there is a potential for solar activity induced changes in cloudiness and irradiance to account for a significant part of the global
warming experienced during the 20th century, with the possible exception of the
last two decades.
(See: NYT: Missing Its Spots: «Sun may be on verge of falling into an extended slumber» — could cause «extended chilly period» — «Cosmic
ray levels correlate well with climate extending back thousands of years» — July 21, 2009 & Also see: «Sun Sleeps»: Danish Scientist declares «global
warming has stopped and a cooling is beginning... enjoy global
warming while it
lasts» — Sun is «heading towards «a grand minimum» as we saw in Little Ice Age» — Sept. 11, 2009)
The entire argument about cosmic
rays as the driver of the global
Warming in the
last decades fails if there is no trend in cosmic
rays flux over this period.
So even if cosmic
rays are linked to cloud formation, all they'll find is the cloud formation 50 years ago is similar to now and has little to no impact on the
last 30 years of long term global
warming.
The whole problem with the theory that cosmic
rays (or lack thereof) are driving global
warming is that cosmic radiation has shown no trend over the
last 50 years.
Last, I never said that cosmic
rays explain all the
warming.