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Solar Variability Most Likely Not the Cause of Global Warming

February 21, 2008 | Ian O'Neill | Comments 0

Solar variability effects on the climate are probably not a cause of global warming (credit: Ian ONeill)
The gradual increase in global temperatures is getting harder and harder to pin on the Sun and its energy output variability. The Sun has a variation in how much energy it outputs but this variability is only about one tenth of one percent. The pattern of atmospheric heating since the 1960s is showing an increase with the increase in human activity (industry, transportation, power generation) and neither are showing signs of slowing down…
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