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Scientists Say Cosmic Rays May Cause Global Warming

Posted by timothy on from the sell-cosmic-rays-pollution-credits dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "Researchers in Israel and Germany suggest that variations in cosmic radiation as the sun orbits the galactic core may be responsible for changes in the Earth's climate -- including more than half of the change in the 20th century. A PDF of their article is available from GSA Today or read the abstract for their Physical Review Letters article."

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  1. Once again by EABird · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those damn Republicans always helping big corporations spew out cosmic radiation and causing global warming....

    ...oh, wait a minute....never mind.

  2. ahhh. nothing like an open mind. by BigChigger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's this kind of fascist "global warming" (if it exists) "*must* be caused by evil American corporations and consumers and I will not listen to anything that suggests otherwise" kind of thinking that has really turned me against environmentalists. That closed minded "I am right and you are wrong and we'll do this my way or I'll have you shot" attitude tells me more about the weakness of their arguement than anything else. If Global Warming truly is occuring and is caused by man, then how can researching all angles of this issue (including solar influences) be bad? It can't. That's why these envirowhackos want to shout down everyone that may disagree with them. Thay don't want *any* proof that hurts their "cause."

    And that, my friends, is Fascism.

    BC