http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/15/glacier-retreat-caused-by-soot/ Just messin... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:45:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/2009/12/15/glacier-retreat-caused-by-soot/comment-page-1/#comment-29790 Sean Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:04:01 +0000 http://www.houlihane.co.uk/blog/?p=100#comment-29790 <i>Other sources suggest that he effects of sunspots are equivalent to co2 forcing as well, so does this mean that that we got the magnitude wrong by a half or that they are a third each ;)</i> Sean: Come up with a provable causal mechanism for sunspots having an effect, and you'll be famous. Until then, it's just wiggle matching. Svensmark's experiments appear to be inconclusive so far, and the albedo data does not reliably span enough of a cycle to draw much in the way of conclusion. CLOUD and the next 11 years will be interesting. Other sources suggest that he effects of sunspots are equivalent to co2 forcing as well, so does this mean that that we got the magnitude wrong by a half or that they are a third each
Sean: Come up with a provable causal mechanism for sunspots having an effect, and you’ll be famous. Until then, it’s just wiggle matching. Svensmark’s experiments appear to be inconclusive so far, and the albedo data does not reliably span enough of a cycle to draw much in the way of conclusion. CLOUD and the next 11 years will be interesting.

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