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Sun Not a Significant Driver of Climate Change

Posted by Unknown on from the koch-brothers-say-no dept.

damn_registrars writes "Scientists from Edinburgh, Scotland have recently published a study based on 1,000 years of climate data. They have compared the effects of differing factors including volcanic activity, solar activity, and greenhouse gases to find which has the most profound effect on climate. They have concluded that the driving factor since 1900 has been greenhouse gases."

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  1. Re:Way to state the obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not sure what that sentence means, but I think you are trying to sound superior.

  2. If the sun ... by TrollstonButterbeans · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If the sun isn't the major driver of temperature then why is it colder at night?

    Also why isn't the effect of carbon dioxide cumulative? How can we have colder years ... shouldn't every year have to be warmer than the past?

    Somewhere, there are people who took the science out of science --- maybe to argue with religious people or something --- but this social consensus crap isn't how real science is done.

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