December 9, 2009

A breath of fresh air in Copenhagen

From the UK Telegraph:
Copenhagen climate summit: global warming 'caused by sun's radiation'
As the world gathered in the Danish capital for the UN Climate Change Conference, more than 50 scientists, businessmen and lobby groups met to discuss the arguments against man made global warming.

Although the meeting was considerably smaller than the official gathering of 15,000 people meeting down the road, the organisers claimed it could change the course of negotiations.

Professor Henrik Svensmark, a physicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen, said the recent warming period was caused by solar activity.

He said the last time the world experienced such high temperatures, during the medieval warming period, the Sun and the Earth were in a similar cycle.

Professor Nils-Axel Morner, a geologist from Stockholm University, said sea level rise has also been exaggerated by the �climate alarmists� using computer models.

He said observational data from lake sediments, coast lines and trees show sea levels have remained stable.

Professor Cliff Ollier, another geologist from the University of Western Australia, also said the environmental lobby have got it wrong on ice caps. He said the melting of ice sheets is caused by geothermal activity rather than global surface temperatures.
Geeee -- 'ya think??? The sun contributes the bulk of the heat to the Earth (our core does the rest) and variations of the solar flux coorespond to variations in sunspot activity and solar output. Every indicator on the sun is down and has been down for a decade. Solar Cycle 24 was supposed to have started three years ago and the sun remains dead quiet. As for this comment:
He said the melting of ice sheets is caused by geothermal activity rather than global surface temperatures.
there is a curious parallel between volcanic activity and overall temperatures. Check out this map of antarctic temperatures from NASA and compare it with this map of known volcanos:
antarctic_temps_1982_2004.jpg
This is the average temperature trend from 1982 to 2004 - note the areas of warming and the areas of cooling.
antarctic_volcanoes.jpg
Both photos are thumbnails and can be enlarged by clicking on them. More here, here, here, here, here, here and here. I could keep going all day but you get my drift... Posted by DaveH at December 9, 2009 3:00 PM
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