Sun Spots

Solar Activity and Climate Change: A Consistent Correlation - 30 Jun 2007 - by Peter Here is another article strongly supporting the direct correlation between variations in solar activity and global warming. Before mankind began burning fossil fuels, what caused carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere to increase when ... A Study of the Effects of Large Solar Events on Atmospheric Drag ... - As early as 1959, scientists began noticing a link between heightened solar activity and increases in drag on satellites. Space Weather: Fighting the Flare-ups Risk & Insurance - ... at least one expert said he suspected that a serious train wreck in Sweden leaving 19 dead was caused by heightened solar activity. 'Sun not behind global warming' The Australian, Australia - July 9, 2007 - The key plank of a controversial British documentary has been discredited by new research showing that the sun is not causing global warming. ... BBC NEWS Science/Nature Sunspots reaching 1000-year high The Sun is more active now than at anytime in the past 1000 years, according to an analysis of ice cores and sunspots by Swiss-based researchers. Anatomy of a solar storm CNN International - Jun 18, 2007Flares are sometimes followed by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), in which billions of tons of the sun's plasma are flung into space en masse. ... CNN.com - Cloud of solar gas strikes our planet - Oct. 24, 2003 - Scientists tracking heightened solar activity in recent days reported some commercial airlines have had to make adjustments to their high-frequency ... News in Science - Solar activity won't break drought - 21/03/2007 - A theory that Australia can expect drought-breaking rains within the year, thanks to increasing solar activity, has been dismissed. NASA - Huge Solar Flares Continue - Scientists are currently tracking a large sunspot that has so far unleashed seven major solar flares including an X-17-category blast on Sept.