A scientists does scientists things, rather than looking into a crystal ball
(Daily Caller) A new paper claims that declining solar activity since 1998 could mean falling global temperatures in the years ahead — contrary to predictions of rapid warming made by virtually all climate models.
“The stagnation of temperature since 1998 was caused by decreasing solar activity since 1998,†wrote Jürgen Lange Heine, a physicist with the German-based European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE).
“From 1900 to 1998, solar radiation increased by 1.3 W / m², but since 1998 it has diminished, and could reach values ​​similar to those of the early 20th century. A drop in global temperature over the next few years is predicted,†Heine wrote.
Hmm. Real world data instead of palm reading
Heine argues that warming during the 20th Century was not caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions, but instead by increasing solar activity, changes in cloud cover caused by cosmic rays and huge amounts of cloud condensation nuclei in the atmosphere from the nuclear weapons tests conducted from 1945 to 1963.
Personally, I’m not sure of that last bit. I’d have to see a lot more evidence.
This all comes via The Hockey Schtick, which provides charts and graphs and data and all those other things that the Climastrologers refuse to supply. Much of the information regarding nuclear weapons testing comes near the end of the paper.
Obviously, we can expect Climastrologers to immediately decry and refute the paper without reading it, because cult.
