The Sun and global warming

[Kahlessa]

The July 2007 issue of Discover magazine has headline on the front cover:

“Politically Incorrect: Is the Sun Causing Global Warming?”
It refers to an interview with Henrik Svensmark, director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research in Copenhagen. Svensmark thinks the sun may be the real cause of global warming and he has published a book titled Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change. I don’t have a link yet, but I’ll post it as soon as it becomes available. The issue just hit the newsstands on Friday June 15.

Here are some links about Svensmark’s work:

www.tmgnow.com/repository/global/CREC.html

www.isac-esa.org/CVHenrik%20Svensmark.htm

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/11/warm11.xml

[Kahlessa]

Here’s the link to the Discover magazine interview with Henrik Svensmark:

Sun's Shifts May Cause Global Warming
His studies show that natural variations in the sun plays a major role in global warming. So are humans off the hook? And if so, why does he use compact fluorescent light bulbs?
By Marion Long

"Most leading climate experts don’t agree with Henrik Svensmark, the 49-year-old director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen. In fact, he has taken a lot of blows for proposing that solar activity and cosmic rays are instrumental in determining the warming (and cooling) of Earth. His studies show that cosmic rays trigger cloud formation, suggesting that a high level of solar activity—which suppresses the flow of cosmic rays striking the atmosphere—could result in fewer clouds and a warmer planet. This, Svensmark contends, could account for most of the warming during the last century. Does this mean that carbon dioxide is less important than we’ve been led to believe? Yes, he says, but how much less is impossible to know because climate models are so limited."

discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/the-discover-interview-henrik-svensmark