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Study Says Cosmic Rays Do Not Explain Global Warming

Posted by timothy on from the but-millions-of-illuminaria-do dept.

flock2000 writes "A new study conducted by Norweigan researchers finds (again) that changes in cosmic rays most likely do not contribute to climate change. Previously, other researchers have claimed to have found a link between cosmic rays and surface temperatures."

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  1. Common Sense by COMON$ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone knows global warming is caused by His Noodliness hugging the earth even closer.

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    1. Re:Common Sense by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      But there has recently been a rise in piracy.

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    2. Re:Common Sense by LandDolphin · · Score: 4, Funny

      And it's felt pretty cold this week

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    3. Re:Common Sense by wclacy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wish Global warming was more than just a fairy tale. I am sick and tired of shoveling snow. Last winter was the coldest winter in a long time. This winter is looking about the same. We have had about 2 feet of snow in the last 3 days.

    4. Re:Common Sense by C0vardeAn0nim0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      and this year was the coldest on over a decade, or so i heard.

      coincidence ?

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    5. Re:Common Sense by bunratty · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, of course. But do you know of any glaciers in the ocean? I can't think of any.

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    6. Re:Common Sense by thedonger · · Score: 1, Funny

      Manbearpig.

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    7. Re:Common Sense by sumdumass · · Score: 1, Funny

      Don't you dare suggest that global warming stopped.

      Hell, this study on cosmic rays which was completed before we found out that the hole in the magnetosphere actually works in reverse and let in more cosmic rays on the other side, is definitive proof that global warming is still active. There will be a vote tomorrow and the consensus will declare the science settled with no need to ever visit it again.

    8. Re:Common Sense by dbrutus · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oh, they'll hate us about the same either way. We're the adult figure in their geopolitical lives. Try this experiment next time you find yourself stuck at a dinner party with some anti-american european. Ask that person to construct a coordinated response that has nothing to do with america. They just can't. Within half a minute they reflexively go back to sneering at the US. It really is quite pathetic how we're their indispensable villain and excuse why they can't actually get anything done.

  2. More propaganda by genner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing but lies from the people making money off cosmic rays.

  3. Oh yeah? by dk90406 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about the Human Torch from Fantastic Four. He is causing it all, you know...

  4. Say it with me... by Tetsujin · · Score: 1, Funny

    Correlation is not explanation.

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  5. Give that duche Al Gore another prize! by Phizzle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Solar flares DO effect temperatures, and that has been consistently downplayed by the humanity-loathing environazis in their ongoing duchbaggery crusade for world luddism. But hey, lets not start any religious debates on /.

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  6. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're right, there is no causal link between the giant ball of fire and the temperature on earth.

  7. Re:Great question. by santiagoanders · · Score: 2, Funny

    Al Gore, is that you?

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  8. Re:So? by mhall119 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or, to use a car analogy, it's like saying that GM doesn't have a financial problem because their stock was up yesterday.

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  9. Re:Cry me a frozen river by wclacy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, that story about where snow comes from is almost as far fetched as global warming.

  10. Re:Great question. by enharmonix · · Score: 3, Funny

    I strongly recommend Michael Crighton's State of Fear. Well researched, cites sources, and a plain good read on top of everything. It may not change your mind, but it might at least shed some light on why some of us ostriches are not so Chicken Little about temperature fluctuations.

  11. Re:Global Warming Heretics by Teresita · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is climate change so bad anyway? When has the climate not changed? Do we know what would happen to the genetic diversity of animals if the climate stopped changing? Why is promoting a static climate called a "progressive" (experimentalist) issue and not the ultimate conservative (traditionalist) issue?

  12. Re:So? by Samah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here is the data showing the CO2 manipulation, from the posting by Dee Norris.

    And of course Dee Norris knows this first-hand because his brother Chuck is the real cause for global warming/climate change. Sea levels are actually rising because of all the people Chuck has triple-kicked in.

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  13. But carbon emissions have gone up every year by unassimilatible · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have more carbon and methane than ever in the atmosphere, yet temps are down? This means there must be another variable in global temperatures than carbon emissions.

    So more carbon, yet lower temps. Hmm.

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  14. Global Warming a Hoax by reidiq · · Score: 2, Funny

    Global warming is nothing but fabricated lies with a purpose to destroy capitalism. It's pretty freaking cold this year, I blame global warming!

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