In amongst an article that contains yet another straw-man attack on cosmic rays via the BBC, there is something more interesting reported from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting.
In periods of relatively intense particle activity, some areas of the Earth's surface in both the Arctic and Antarctic are warmer while others become colder, showing differences of up to 2C or 3C compared to the long-term averages.
In periods of unusually low particle activity, the patterns are reversed.
The mechanism appears to be redistributing heat across the polar regions; there is no evidence for any overall warming or cooling, Dr Seppala added, nor that the scale of the effect has changed over time.
"The results were amazing, and I think it's something significant that we have to take into account," commented Katje Matthes from the Free University of Berlin, who chaired the EGU session which saw the new data presented.
"I think it's rather a local effect," she added, "and I don't think it has a big impact on global temperatures."
Read more here:
Little Dutch boy, theres a leak!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/03dec_magneticcracks.htm
Little Dutch boy, theres a leak!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/03dec_magneticcracks.htm
The ground at the dam's base is squishy:
http://www.denmark.dk/en/menu/AboutDenmark/ScienceResearch/ResearchAreas/ClimateResearch/CosmicRaysAndClimate/
The dam has a bulge:
http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/govrel/news.cfm?story=44222
Shaviv's reply to Sloan:
http://www.sciencebits.com/SloanAndWolfendale
Whew!
for a minute I thought I was obtuse.
Following James M.: Even the normally obedient Germans are breaking ranks:
http://klimakatastrophe.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/das-met-office-hat-seine-hardcrut3-datenbasis-der-giss-nasa-datenbasis-angeglichen/
I understand the blogger is updating this story as data is 'adjusted' (can't read much Deutsch myself).
The GISS March 08 data is rumored to be missing 'grossly anomalous' data from SH. Nobody lives there, ya know, to protest.
Luke was waving the latest NOAA numbers around like that meant something. He said that March was coming in like hell fire, which is kind of odd considering we haven't broken room temperature in April as of yet. Paul has it snowing in Scotland.
So that leaves N. America, and Europe out of the NCDC sweepstakes for record breaking heat.
All that's left is an angry red patch of Siberia, and a smattering of Alaska, which we have just been informed by the Beeb is directly heated by cosmic ray.
Wither goes the global warming?
Betcha if you subtract out 3 degrees Celcius from those NCDC hot spots there isn't any.
Louis:
First, I misstated in above comment, inverting the relation of plinic volcanism and stratospheric absorption.
"Reasoning from evidence": simple really, present evidence, w/citations if possible, but if sufficiently explicit, Google may preclude that need.
Next, describe the means by which the evidence becomes important, noteworthy. This may require expansion if one's manner of expression is elliptic.
In general, however, deliberately obtuse replies do not incite.
Luky lukems, where are you? This is too funny for words. Whereas you have been quoting about me here from the Svalgaard threads on Climate Audit, others are quoting me from the same threads on their blogs. Observe: http://ncwatch.typepad.com/dalton_minimum_returns/2008/03/dalton-minimum.html