Global cooling?

Researchers in Russia argue that the variations in global temperature can be explained by reference to changes in solar activity. One fact they point to is falling temperatures between 1950 and 1970 which sparked discussion of a new ice age. What has happened since has been an increase in solar output.

If they are correct, then a period of declining global temperatures should be getting under way about now - which they illustrate by average annual air temperatures in Irkutsk falling over the past three years.

Not sure if I'm convinced, but I've always been rather sceptical about the global warming thesis, so it is certainly an idea that deserves to be noted for future reference.

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