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12 Apr, 2008

Global Warming Not a Cosmic Swindle (LiveScience.com)

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People walk on Myrdalsjokull glacier in southern Iceland, April 14, 2007. REUTERS/Stoyan NenovLiveScience.com - Skeptics who argue that global warming is caused by cosmic rays rather than man-made greenhouse gases have been dealt another blow.

Some who question the human-induced global warming scenario argue that changes in the intensity of these rays, which are caused by variations in solar activity, affect the cloud cover of the Earth, allowing heat from the sun to build up, and accounting for the rise of global temperatures in recent years. …


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