Astronomer Royal for Scotland says Sun DOES affect climate
13/04/10 20:05 Filed in: Personal
Professor John Brown, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland is my new best friend. Why?
Well, on this months Sky at Night he basically stated the truth that both the IPCC and the CRU would rather you not know. That sun spot activities and climate ARE somehow connected.
Here is a small transcript of the exchange.
Patrick Moore - “The solar cycle does affect our climate and our weather. There is no question about that.”
Prof. John Brown - “It does. There was a great lack of sunspots for a number of years and there was a lot of talk ‘oh, the suns changing’ and so on.
And I even had a number of people asking ‘Could this lack of sunspots be responsible for all this snow over Britain?’.
I’m afraid the Sun is not that choosey.
But overall it does seem there is a connection to some extent. Because we had this very pronounced Mondum Minimum period a few centuries ago”
Patrick Moore - “1625 - 1715. Thames froze every year.”
Prof. John Brown - “So you have less sun spots and much colder weather. So there IS some rather subtle connection.”
The full program is currently available on iPlayer and I will attempt to find an alternative source for the purpose of comment / education / critique.
Well, on this months Sky at Night he basically stated the truth that both the IPCC and the CRU would rather you not know. That sun spot activities and climate ARE somehow connected.
Here is a small transcript of the exchange.
Patrick Moore - “The solar cycle does affect our climate and our weather. There is no question about that.”
Prof. John Brown - “It does. There was a great lack of sunspots for a number of years and there was a lot of talk ‘oh, the suns changing’ and so on.
And I even had a number of people asking ‘Could this lack of sunspots be responsible for all this snow over Britain?’.
I’m afraid the Sun is not that choosey.
But overall it does seem there is a connection to some extent. Because we had this very pronounced Mondum Minimum period a few centuries ago”
Patrick Moore - “1625 - 1715. Thames froze every year.”
Prof. John Brown - “So you have less sun spots and much colder weather. So there IS some rather subtle connection.”
The full program is currently available on iPlayer and I will attempt to find an alternative source for the purpose of comment / education / critique.