New paper finds solar influence on El Niño and La Niña cycles

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The Hockey Schtick

July 26,2011

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A paper published online today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds a "robust" effect of solar activity on the ocean oscillations of El Niño and La Niña, which in turn have profound effects upon global climate. The paper finds a lagged response with El Niño-like conditions following solar maxima a "couple of years later." The IPCC dismisses the role of the Sun on climate by only considering small changes in total solar irradiance, ignoring large changes in solar UV (which is capable of penetrating the ocean surface to cause heating unlike IR from 'greenhouse gases'), and ignoring secondary effects (e.g. the cosmic ray theory of Svensmark et al). This paper adds yet another secondary effect of solar activity on climate not considered by the IPCC.

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 38, L14809, 5 PP., 2011

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