Solar Influences

Recent studies bring the sun back into the debate. Should it ever have been denied a role?

Let the sun shine in

Climate responds to both short and long term solar changes

Solar activity at a high at end of 20th century

Sunshine up in Spain from 1985-2000

Sunshine Up In Switzerland Since the 1980s

More Sunshine in the Netherlands

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper shows sunshine on the Balkan Peninsula significantly increased over past 50 years

UK Sunshine Hours versus Tmax    - both going up

Sunshine Way Up in USA From 1996 to 2011   

Huge Increase in Sunshine Reaching Earth – 12.5 times the CO2 warming  - amazing what clean air will do

Solar changes in UV

Solar forcing of climate during the last millennium recorded in lake sediments from northern Sweden

New paper finds another mechanism by which the Sun controls climate

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds increase in US sunshine has had 4.4 times more effect than greenhouse gases since 1996

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Paper finds solar activity at end of 20th century was at highest levels of past 9,000 years

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Paper finds tiny changes in solar activity explain N Hemisphere temps over past millennium

New paper shows 20th century solar activity was at highest levels of past 9,400 years -- Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Solar Variability and Terrestrial Climate - NASA Science   h/t Tom Nelson

More Massive Winters for Northern Hemisphere    h/t Tom Nelson

Massive winter events should be with us for the next 20 years, at least, says this article on landscheidt.info.

That’s if their solar predictions continue to play out, and “so far everything is right on track.”

New book finds at least 63% of global warming was due to the Sun -- 'Authors predict a decrease in solar activity during 21st century will result in global cooling of 0.64ºC over next 100 years'

Report shows UN admitting solar activity may play significant role in global warming

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate

New paper predicts a sharp decline in solar activity until 2100 — Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research

BEST Temperature Record Proves Solar Activity Changes Better Explain Global Warming Than CO2

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds large changes in solar UV influence climate change

Analysis finds the Sun explains climate change, not CO2        

Russia’s Pulkovo Observatory: ‘We could be in for a cooling period that lasts 200-250 years’

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds IPCC climate models unable to reproduce solar radiation at Earth's surface

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Review paper finds European climate change due to the Sun, not CO2

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Review paper on cosmoclimatology finds the Sun controls climate change, not CO2

Study: Global warming may simply be an artifact of clean air laws

New Study: EPA Is To Blame For Modern Warming; Eliminating Smog Pollution Increased Solar Warming

Staggering 20% Increase in Surface Solar Radiation Due to Cleaner Air In Just One Decade

New paper finds a significant increase of solar radiation received at Earth's surface 1993-2003

New paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate — Published in Quaternary Research

New paper finds the Sun controls climate, not man-made CO2

New paper finds a significant increase of solar energy at Earth's surface from 1979-2011

New paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate

New paper confirms the Sun was particularly active during the latter 20th century – Published in Annales Geophysicae    

Analysis: UN IPCC Finds The Important Natural Climate Driver – Solar Surface Radiation Intensity – But Then Ignores It!    

New paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate

New paper finds solar amplification mechanism by which the Sun controlled climate over past 250 years – Published in Nature Communications