Re: Solar Physicists Report Paradox in Eos: Less Sunlight, But Temps Rise (Forwarded)


Martin Brown wrote:

> NEWARK -- Less sunlight reaching the Earth's surface has not translated into cooler
> temperatures,
> the amount of light reflected by Earth has increased since 2000.
> The result has been less sunlight reaching the Earth's surface.
>
> The results raise questions about how global temperatures can still rise when the
> amount of sunlight reaching the surface has decreased."

It's a fundamental question that has been at the heart of every mystery
I have tried to sus since I got interested in the weather. Why would a
misty grey day in the middle of summer have mad dogs and Englishmen
suffering heat-stroke?

And shrugging it off as "cloud cover trapping the heat."

2005 has been slated as the warmest year since records began and yet
all the heat (and the hurricanes) occurred with excessive amounts of
cloud cover.

In the early Autumn while there was still a place called New Orleans,
the pundits on the TV here in the UK were warning of a deep cold spell
when all the weather lore was pointing at continued warm weather.

Read me and weep!
(Well, actually, there has been a prolonged cold spell in Russia that
has caused major problems there. Most of Europe became cold recently
too but good old Britain still held onto a notion of a mild winter.)

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