Title: The manic sun : weather theories confounded /
Authors: Calder, Nigel.
Publisher: Pilkington Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric; Solar radiation
Abstract: Cosmic rays coming from exploded stars help to make clouds that cool our planet, but when the sun is in a vigorous mood it blows many cosmic rays away and allows the world to grow warmer. This amazing discovery by Danish scientists smashes the 'greenhouse' theory, which says that the cause of the recent global warming is carbon dioxide and other gases added to the air by human carelessness. Instead the ever-changing sun, which also varies its output of light, accounts for most or all changes of climate over past centuries and our own. Here, in plain language, is the story of the battle between the solar theory and the greenhouse theory.
Contents: Blowing bubbles -- Changing the climate -- Manic-depressive moods -- Tennis with cosmic rays -- Magnetic blockbusters -- Heating the clouds -- What South Pole? -- The cloud chamber -- Cosmic rays and cloud cover -- Unceasing violence -- The strength of the shield -- Coup de grâce -- Retrospect -- what went wrong?