'No Sun link' to climate change Apr 3, 2008
The research contradicts a favoured theory of climate "sceptics", that changes in cosmic rays coming to Earth determine cloudiness and temperature. The idea is that variations in solar activity affect cosmic ray intensity ... This is the latest piece of evidence which at the very least puts the cosmic ray theory, developed by Danish scientist Henrik Svensmark at the Danish National Space Center (DNSC), under very heavy pressure. (BBC News -- Science)
Climate change -- research suggests it is not a swindle Apr 3, 2008
New research has dealt a blow to the skeptics who argue that climate change is all due to cosmic rays rather than to man-made greenhouse gases. The new evidence shows no reliable connection between the cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover ... Lauded and criticised for offering a possible way out of the dangers of man made climate change, UK TV Channel 4's programme "The Great Global Warming Swindle", broadcast in 2007, suggested that global warming is due to a decrease in cosmic rays over the... (EurekAlert!)
Fight to save Earth from tiny black hole Apr 1, 2008
"Much higher energy collisions than those at the [collider] occur in nature, because cosmic ray particles zip around our galaxy at close to the speed of light," he said. "The moon has undergone such collisions for 5 billion years without being devoured by a ravenous black hole.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays Extremely Far Away Mar 25, 2008
Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays Are From Extremely Far Away ... Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays Are From Extremely Far Away ... 25, 2008) Final results from the University of Utah's High-Resolution Fly's Eye cosmic ray observatory show that the most energetic particles in the universe rarely reach Earth at full strength because they come from great distances, so most of them collide with radiation left over from the birth of the universe. (Science Daily)
Rare cosmic rays are from far away Mar 21, 2008
Final results from the University of Utahs High-Resolution Flys Eye cosmic ray observatory show that the most energetic particles in the universe rarely reach Earth at full strength because they come from great distances, so most of them collide with radiation left over from the birth of the universe ... They confirm a 42-year-old prediction known as the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin (GZK) cutoff, limit or suppression about the behavior of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, which carry more... (EurekAlert!)
Fly's eye detector spies cosmic-ray cut-off Mar 19, 2008
The many photomultiplier tubes of the HiRes detector captured tell-tale signs of cosmic rays ... It is the long-awaited confirmation of a decades-old prediction that there is a critical threshold of energy beyond which these cosmic rays dwindle in number (R. U. Abbasi et al. ) ... And it adds weight to initial measurements from the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in Argentina. (Nature News Service)
Early Particle Accelerators Mar 6, 2008
The history of subatomic research is truly interesting - from the early laboratory experiments to capturing cosmic rays to the glory of modern accelerators ... The next great step for particle detection came in 1912, when Austrian-American Physicist Victor Hess first carried detectors with him in a hot air balloon to a height of some 5300 meters, where he made the initial discovery of the cosmic rays which shower Earth from all corners of outer space at unbelievably high speeds (he won the Nobel... (Suite101.com)
Transcript of chat on global warming with UCSD professor Jeff Severinghaus Feb 14, 2008
Solar activity peaked then, as we can easily tell from records of sunspots and cosmic ray fluxes. But all the solar indicators have been constant in the past 30 years, leaving no doubt that the current warming cannot be attributed to the Sun. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A place to go for actual facts Feb 12, 2008
Willpower wrote on Feb 7, 2008 9:40 AM:" For those interested in scientific fact (you regular readers know i don't mean bile or eddy), there is significant evidence that excess CO2 in the atmosphere derives from anthropogenic sources. The excess CO2, that above the pre-industrial levels, consists entirely of Carbon-13, the non-radioactive isotope. All fossil fuels are entirely composed of C-13 due to their long ago creation and the relatively short half-life of cosmic ray generated C-14. Since... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Chicago in the News Jan 11, 2008
com article about his research on cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are not a spectator phenomenon in the galaxy they have a role in galactic dynamics ... To understand the galaxy in a full sense, you need to understand cosmic rays, said Wakely. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Facts of the Matter Jan 7, 2008
Cosmic rays pose obstacle to space travel. Cosmic rays are not really rays ... Fortunately for us, high-energy cosmic ray particles strike air molecules in the upper atmosphere and produce multiple cascades of lower-energy elementary particles. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Hot on the trail of cosmic rays Jan 3, 2008
The mysterious origins of cosmic rays that slam into the Earth's atmosphere could soon be revealed, thanks to a better ground-based sensor that costs less than balloons or satellites. Cosmic rays are thought to come from either the or a nearby supernova, and knowing which is true will help astrophysicists paint a more accurate picture of the cosmos ... "Cosmic rays are not a spectator phenomenon in the galaxy they have a role in galactic dynamics," said Scott Wakely, a University of Chicago... (MSNBC -- Technology)
The outer solar system remains mysterious Jan 1, 2008
Jewitt and his colleagues had suggested that cosmic rays could have made Kuiper belt objects redder, while impacts with rocks could have dug up more pristine matter that made them less red ... "In the Kuiper belt objects, organics might have been 'cooked' by cosmic ray radiation, giving them dark red surfaces, but there is no proof," Jewitt said. (MSNBC -- Technology)
World's Largest Silicon Tracking Detector Installed At CERN Dec 26, 2007
All of the systems were then fully commissioned, with 20% of the full detector operated over several months during which five million cosmic ray tracks were recorded. The results from these data were then rapidly analyzed using the CMS Grid-based distributed computing system. (Science Daily)
Voyager 2 Proves Solar System Is Squashed Dec 13, 2007
This probably indicates that the energy is being transferred to cosmic ray particles that were accelerated to high speeds at the shock. "The important new data describing the termination shock are still being pondered, but it is clear that Voyager has once again surprised us," said Dr. Eric Christian, Voyager Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington. (Science Daily)
Zecotek Receives MAPD Solid-State Photo Detector Order From Institute of High Energy Physics Research Dec 13, 2007
The Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducts research activities in the fields of atomic, nuclear, elementary particle physics, cosmic ray physics and neutrino astrophysics. The Institute is particularly known for its research in the studies of correlation between particle physics and cosmology. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Scientists find the dent in our solar system Dec 11, 2007
This probably indicates that the energy is being transferred to cosmic ray particles that were accelerated to high speeds at the shock, scientists say ... Scientists are still unsure where exactly these cosmic rays originate in the shock wave but they do know that they don't originate where either Voyager craft crossed the shock. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Frontier scienceEurope's new space lab aims for crops, cancers and casting Dec 8, 2007
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Lab raises questions on NASA priorities Dec 4, 2007
" The fate of the instrument also has significant implications for international cooperation in space. "The credibility of the United States is at stake here, because NASA made a commitment to bring Columbus and AMS to the space station," said Samuel Ting, a Nobel laureate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who conceived the project in 1994 and drew in collaborators from 60 institutes in 16 nations to build and fund it. The space station was built with four attachment sites that can... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Space Station lab raises questions about NASA priorities Dec 2, 2007
The instrument, which would detect and measure cosmic rays in a new way, took 500 physicists from around the world 12 years to build ... "We are very excited about the launch of Columbus and believe this will be a major step forward for the international space station," said Martin Zell, who is involved with the European space laboratory as head of research operations for the European Space Agency, and is also a coordinator for development of the cosmic ray project ... Whereas the Columbus... (Boston Globe)
Land Sought to Study Cosmic Rays Nov 30, 2007
Scientists Still Seek Land for Cosmic Ray Tanks ... Nov. 28--LAMAR -- Officials with the Pierre Auger Collaboration say they want to talk to a lot of landowners about helping to find the sources of cosmic rays in the universe ... The group hopes to build a $100 million cosmic ray observatory across four counties in the Lower Arkansas Valley. (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Pierre Auger Collaboration: Scientists seeking exact source of high-energy cosmic rays with array Nov 16, 2007
While only 90 percent complete, the sprawling Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in South America has produced its first major discovery. The international Auger collaboration has traced the rain of high-energy cosmic rays that continually pelts the Earth to the cores of nearby galaxies, which emit prodigious quantities of energy ... In the next few years, our data will permit us to identify the exact sources of these cosmic rays and how they accelerate these particles. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Rain of Super-Particles Nov 14, 2007
This galaxy's active nucleus is apparently the closest source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays ... Cosmic rays are not rays at all ... On average, a square kilometer at the top of Earths atmosphere is hit by an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray particle (UHECR) only once per century (Sky cope: March 2003, page 32). (SkyAndTelescope.com)
High-Energy Discovery Nov 13, 2007
But the energy you have in your most hyper moments pales in comparison to the energy packed in ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are particles that travel from space into Earth's atmosphere ... Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are tiny, very rare particles that contain extremely large amounts of energy. (Science News for Kids)
Distant black holes may be source of high-energy cosmic rays Nov 11, 2007
ARGONNE: Breakthrough astrophysics research may have established the hitherto mysterious source of exceptionally high-energy cosmic ray emissions, according to recently published research that culminates a project developed by a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory ... Argonne senior physicist Harold Spinka, in collaboration with more than 300 scientists from around the world affiliated with the Pierre Auger Observatory in western Argentina, determined a... (Hindu)
Black holes spew out cosmic rays Nov 10, 2007
But in the process, they also spew something out: cosmic rays, which likely are bits of torn-apart atoms that shoot across the universe at close to the speed of light ... Ultra-high energy cosmic rays -- particles that pack the punch of a rifle shot -- make their way to Earth from massive black holes in nearby galaxies, scientists said on Thursday, in a finding that may solve a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades ... The discovery comes from the Auger Collaboration, the international... (Canada.com)
Energetic Cosmic Rays May Start From Black Holes Nov 10, 2007
Since these ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, as they are known, were first glimpsed in 1963, physicists and astronomers have scratched their heads wondering where they came from and what gargantuan process could produce such energies wondering, even, if they were real ... Using a new array of cosmic ray detectors known as the Pierre Auger Observatory, which is spread over an area the size of Rhode Island near Malarge, in the pampas of Argentina, the scientists traced some of the highest-energy... (New York Times)
Black holes for cosmic ray mystery Nov 10, 2007
Black holes answer cosmic ray mystery-Health/Science-The Times of India ... Black holes answer cosmic ray mystery10 Nov 2007, 0400 hrs IST ... CHICAGO: Ultra-high energy cosmic raysparticles that pack the punch of a rifle shotmake their way to Earth from massive black holes in nearby galaxies, scientists said on Thursday, in a finding that may solve a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Cosmic rays believed to start in black holes Nov 9, 2007
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays -- particles that pack the punch of a rifle shot -- make their way to Earth from massive black holes in nearby galaxies, scientists said on Thursday, in a finding that may solve a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades ... CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ultra-high energy cosmic rays -- particles that pack the punch of a rifle shot -- make their way to Earth from massive black holes in nearby galaxies, scientists said on Thursday, in a finding that may solve a mystery... (Scientific American)
Clue to cosmic rays discovered Nov 9, 2007
Black holes are the most likely source of the mysterious ultra high-energy cosmic rays that bombard the planet, scientists have discovered. Observations at the world's largest cosmic ray detector suggest the particles are emitted by huge black holes in the middle of nearby galaxies ... The origins of the highest energy forms of cosmic rays have been a mystery since their discovery in 1912. (BBC News -- Science)
Cosmic 'bullets' traced to massive black holes Nov 9, 2007
But researchers using the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina have found that the sources of the cosmic rays are not uniformly distributed across the sky ... "In the next few years, our data will permit us to identify the exact sources of these cosmic rays and how they accelerate these particles." ... "If you had asked a theorist before the cosmic rays were discovered if anything could be accelerated to such high energies, they would say, 'No,'" said study team member Glennys Farrar of New... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Scientists closing in on cosmic ray source Nov 9, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- An international research team announced Thursday that active galactic nuclei are the most likely candidate for the source of the highest-energy cosmic rays that hit Earth ... After the detection of about 80 high-energy cosmic ray events, the research team reports that the most energetic cosmic rays they detected generally hail from areas of the sky that are populated by nearby Active Galactic Nuclei ... According to the researchers, the cosmic rays may have been... (Xinhuanet, China)
'Oh-My-God' ray traced to black holes Nov 9, 2007
Scientists trace cosmic rays to black holes - Los Angeles Times ... Scientists trace cosmic rays to black holes ... By John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 9, 2007 An international team of scientists said Thursday that they have tracked down the origin of the mysterious "Oh-My-God" particle -- a cosmic ray bearing energies millions of times larger than the most powerful particle accelerator can produce on Earth. (Los Angeles Times)
Mysterious cosmic rays linked to galactic powerhouses Nov 9, 2007
The sprawling Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in South America has produced its first major discovery while still under construction. The international Auger collaboration has traced the rain of high-energy cosmic rays that continually pelts the Earth to the cores of nearby galaxies, which emit prodigious quantities of energy ... "The age of cosmic-ray astronomy has arrived. In the next few years, our data will permit us to identify the exact sources of these cosmic rays and how they accelerate... (EurekAlert!)
Cosmic Rays Seem to Originate With Supernovas Oct 31, 2007
Cosmic rays constantly bombard the Earth as tiny, extremely energetic particles traveling close to the speed of light, yet their origins have eluded scientists for nearly 100 years ... Scientists said the discovery serves as some of the first direct evidence for a system powerful enough to accelerate particles into cosmic rays ... Cosmic rays were first discovered in 1912, and since the 1960s scientists have suspected supernova remnants as their breeding grounds. (Fox News)
Quantum Mechanics and Power6 Oct 26, 2007
At this level, even something we'd never notice, such as a cosmic ray, can disrupt the operations of a processor ... Cosmic rays are really high-energy particles, mostly protons, that pass into the earth's atmosphere from space. (eWeek)
Researchers criticized for poor time-keeping Oct 5, 2007
8 million from the National Science Foundation to, among other things, develop the California High School Cosmic Ray Observatory for research and education. This is something the NIH may not want to know very much about. (Nature News Service)
Letters to the Editor about global warming Oct 4, 2007
The cosmic ray theory seems to fit so many diverse facts that it is becoming hard for me to think that other explanations hold water. Even very long timelines, extending to billions of years, seem to correlate the state of the planet with the average cosmic ray density coming both from the galaxy and from outside galaxies. (Christian Science Monitor)
Cosmic ray burst excites star buffs Sep 29, 2007
September 28, 2007 08:55pm AEST. A BURST of intense radiation a mere five milliseconds long has astronomers racing to their telescopes to determine if the mysterious cosmic event is a one-off or a new celestial phenomenon. (The Australian)
Mars Orbiter Back at Full Strength Sep 23, 2007
A power trip caused by a run-in with a cosmic ray put Cassini in safe mode on Sept. 11 after the probe's flyby past Saturn's moon Iapetus. The glitch delayed the spacecraft's transmission of the flyby data by about a day and the probe was back to full operation by Sunday, NASA officials said. (Space.com)
Saturn's Moon Iapetus Is The Yin-yang Of The Solar System Sep 19, 2007
The return of images and other data was delayed early Tuesday due to a galactic cosmic ray hit which put the spacecraft into the so-called safe mode. This occurred after the spacecraft had placed all of the fly-by data on its data recorders and during the first few minutes after it began sending the data home. (Science Daily)
Mars orbiter in safe mode after glitch Sep 18, 2007
The spacecraft last went into safe mode was in December when it was hit by a cosmic ray. Mission manager Bob Mase of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said he expected the Mars Odyssey to return to normal by the middle of the week. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Mars Odyssey orbiter suffers computer glitch Sep 18, 2007
The spacecraft last went into safe mode was in December when it was hit by a cosmic ray. NASA. (USA Today -- Tech)
Junk Science: Japan Sweats for Global Warming Sep 14, 2007
That report said at least 66 percent and perhaps as much as 75 percent of the variance in the Earth s temperature over the past 500 million years may be due to cosmic ray flux ... If it turns out that the new study reconstructs historical sea surface temperatures more accurately than his original study, Veizer added, it would only represent an increase in the impact of cosmic rays on the climate that was reported in the 2003 GSA Today paper. (Fox News)
Cassini Flies By Saturn's Walnut-Shaped Moon Iapetus Sep 14, 2007
The cause has been determined to be a solid state power switch that was tripped due to a galactic cosmic ray hit. While in safe mode, the spacecraft turns off all unnecessary activities and transmits only essential engineering telemetry at a low data rate, while it awaits commands from Earth. (Science Daily)
Cosmic-ray hit puts Cassini probe in safe mode Sep 13, 2007
As it was sending data back to Earth, it was hit by a cosmic ray that caused a power trip. The spacecraft was not damaged, but had to turn off its instruments and relay only limited information. (MSNBC -- Technology)
In Search Of Interstellar Dragon Fire Aug 23, 2007
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are searching for dragons of a different sort as they enter the boundary of our solar system cosmic "dragons" that breathe a strange fire of high-speed atomic fragments called cosmic rays ... "Does a great dragon, in the form of a cosmic-ray accelerator, lurk within the turbulent boundary of our solar system to breathe out the fire of cosmic rays, or do these rays arise from even more powerful dragons somewhere in deep space?" asks Dr. John Cooper of NASA's Goddard... (Science Daily)
Study claims life began in comets Aug 18, 2007
The cosmic ray threat ... The researchers say cosmic rays are the culprits and think that DNA-or any other complex organic molecule-would have a difficult time surviving for long in space, where radiation levels are much higher than on Earth. (USA Today -- Tech)
Charon: An Ice Machine In The Ultimate Deep Freeze Jul 22, 2007
The crystals are not likely to be primordial ice made at the time the solar system formed because such ice would become amorphous (that is, it would lose its crystalline appearance) in a few tens of thousands of years, due to solar ultraviolet radiation and cosmic ray bombardment. Processes that create fresh, icy patches on other worlds, such as impact gardening by meteorites and convection of subsurface materials to the surface, are not supported by the chemical fingerprints of the water and... (Science Daily)
Sun's activity not to blame for climate change Jul 11, 2007
The pre-industrial climate does appear to have been influenced by the Sun: for instance data from ocean sediments and ice sheet samples show that over the last 5,000 years, the monsoon belt has shifted over periods that correlate with changes in cosmic ray flux, which in turn is related to solar activity. "There are very stong indictors that there was solar control of the pre-industrial climate," he says, refering to changes in global temperatures over the last five to six thousand years. (Register)
'No sun link' to climate change Jul 11, 2007
It also shows that modern temperatures are not determined by the Sun's effect on cosmic rays, as has been claimed. Writing in the Royal Society's journal Proceedings A, the researchers say cosmic rays may have affected climate in the past, but not the present ... Dr Lockwood initiated the study partially in response to the TV documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle, broadcast on Britain's Channel Four earlier this year, which featured the cosmic ray hypothesis. (BBC News -- Science)
Fantastic Four: Rise Jun 17, 2007
Cosmic ray induced super powers, outer-space surfboards, world-consuming celestial vortices I can accept, but suspension of disbelief only goes so far. Johnny Storm, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, and Ben Grimm. (ChristianityToday.com)
Astrophysicists Find Fractal Image Of Sun's 'Storm Season' Imprinted On Solar Wind May 26, 2007
This new information will help astrophysicists understand how the solar corona heats the solar wind and the nature of the turbulence of the Solar Wind with its implications for cosmic ray flux and space weather. These techniques used to find and understand the fractal patterns in the Solar Wind are also being used to assist the quest for fusion power. (Science Daily)
Climate-change sceptics shouldn't bluff the world May 24, 2007
Then, last year, Svensmark published a paper purporting to show that cosmic rays could form tiny particles in the atmosphere. Accompanying it was a press release that went way beyond the findings reported in the paper to claim the study showed that past and present climate events are the result of cosmic rays ... This doesn't seem to have troubled the makers of the program, who report the cosmic ray theory as if it trounces all competing explanations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Seabed particle hunt could shed light on the dawn of time May 9, 2007
They are thought to be created when powerful cosmic rays collide with particles of light left over from the big bang 14bn years ago. By detecting the neutrinos, scientists hope to shed light on the origins of cosmic rays and learn more about the structure of the universe soon after its violent birth ... "The chance of being struck by one of these things is extremely small. Even if you were unlucky, you'd not feel anything at all because the energy would be dissipated through your body," said... (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
Back to the Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Apr 21, 2007
CRaTER (Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation) will investigate the effects of galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles on tissue-equivalent plastics. CRaTER will characterize the deep space radiation environment and provide a baseline to the amount of radiation humans could be exposed to. (PhysOrg.com)
Black holes exhale giant gas cloud Apr 21, 2007
The plasma cloud, detailed in April 10 issue of Astrophysical Journal, might be the source of mysterious cosmic rays that permeate our universe ... Is that same mechanism connected to the mysterious source of ultra high energy cosmic rays that come from beyond our galaxy ... "One reasonable interpretation is that the cloud represents the aggregate release of magnetic and cosmic ray energy from this grouping of galaxies, which is unusually concentrated," Kronberg told SPACE.com. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Dark matter looks to be particularly wimpy Apr 18, 2007
By watching the characteristics of these two events closely, physicists can distinguish between an incoming WIMP and a cosmic ray, muon, neutron, or any other particle penetrating the tank. Removing background noise is the greatest challenge for direct detection experiments. (Nature News Service)
Hot times in the Solar System Apr 12, 2007
Even among those who favour a solar explanation for the bulk of global warming on earth, current opinion does not favour a direct effect through increased radiance, but an indirect effect which invokes changes in the cosmic ray environment that produce changes in cloudiness. This explanation is not a very compelling one for warming on earth, (see ) and doesnt apply at all to the other planets, where there is no suggestion of a role for cloudiness, cloud physics will not be that similar, and... (Nature News Service)
New Mechanism For Producing Cosmic Gamma Rays From Starlight Is Proposed Mar 24, 2007
But now a team of theoretical physicists propose a mechanism that can explain this mystery and may also help account for another type of cosmic ray, the high-energy nuclei that rain down on Earth in the billions ... Cosmic rays provide an invisible but important link between the Earth and the rest of the universe ... The circuitry in computer chips is now so small that individual cosmic rays can cause non-reproducible computer errors, and cosmic rays increase the risk of cancer among frequent... (Science Daily)
Don't let truth stand in the way of a red-hot debunking of climate change Mar 14, 2007
Then, last year, Svensmark published a paper purporting to show cosmic rays could form tiny particles in the atmosphere. Accompanying the paper was a press release which went way beyond the findings reported in the paper, claiming it showed that both past and current climate events are the result of cosmic rays ... "We've often criticised press releases that we felt gave misleading impressions of the underlying work," Schmidt says, "but this example is by far the most blatant extrapolation... (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
Apocalypse my arse Mar 11, 2007
Some of them argued that the Sun - directly, or through its effect on cosmic rays - causes global warming ... Whatever viewers may have thought about the new theories put forward in Swindle to explain global warming (personally, I found the replacement of the widespread, all-encompassing manmade theory with an all-encompassing cosmic ray theory sort of It s the Sun wot done it. (Spiked)
Sun Responsible for Global Warming Mar 6, 2007
Compiled by scientists at the Danish National Space Center, it maintains that the Earths climate is strongly influenced by cosmic rays from exploded stars. The cosmic rays help make ordinary clouds, and high levels of rays and cloudiness cool the planet, while lower levels of radiation lead to milder temperatures, according to the Danish report, which is cited by Marc Morano, communications director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment c Works, on the committees Web site ... "Cosmic... (Newsmax)
A cool take on warming Feb 12, 2007
But, if you are, you might want to read the December issue of the Journal Of Atmospheric And Solar-Terrestrial Physics in which Cornelis de Jager of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Ilya Usoskin of the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory in Finland test the validity of two current hypotheses on the dependence of climate change on solar energy -- the first being that variations in the tropospheric temperature are caused directly by changes of the solar radiance (total or... (Washington Times, DC)
Cosmic rays blamed for global warming Feb 12, 2007
Scientists say that cosmic rays from outer space play a far greater role in changing the Earth's climate than global warming experts previously thought. In a book, to be published this week, they claim that fluctuations in the number of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere directly alter the amount of cloud covering the planet ... Henrik Svensmark, a weather scientist at the Danish National Space Centre who led the team behind the research, believes that the planet is experiencing a natural period... (Telegraph.co.uk)
