Kijktip: donderdag 13 november, Ketnet & Canvas 22:05 - 23:00, The cloud mystery

[Henk Elegeert]

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donderdag 13 november  	Ketnet & Canvas,  22:05 - 23:00 	

  	The cloud mystery

Documentaire over de Deense wetenschapper Henrik Svensmark en zijn
controversiële theorie dat de opwarming van de aarde te wijten is aan
kosmische straling.

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Zie:
http://www.spacecenter.dk/~hsv/

ook:
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/the-discover-interview-henrik-svensmark
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Sun's Shifts May Cause Global Warming

His studies show that natural variations in the sun plays a major role
in global warming. So are humans off the hook? And if so, why does he
use compact fluorescent lightbulbs?
by Marion Long

published online June 25, 2007

Most leading climate experts don't agree with Henrik Svensmark, the
49-year-old director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research at the
Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen. In fact, he has taken a
lot of blows for proposing that solar activity and cosmic rays are
instrumental in determining the warming (and cooling) of Earth. His
studies show that cosmic rays trigger cloud formation, suggesting that
a high level of solar activity—which suppresses the flow of cosmic
rays striking the atmosphere—could result in fewer clouds and a warmer
planet. This, Svensmark contends, could account for most of the
warming during the last century. Does this mean that carbon dioxide is
less important than we've been led to believe? Yes, he says, but how
much less is impossible to know because climate models are so limited.

There is probably no greater scientific heresy today than questioning
the warming role of CO2, especially in the wake of the report issued
by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC). That report warned that nations must cut back on greenhouse
gas emissions, and insisted that "unless drastic action is taken . . .
millions of poor people will suffer from hunger, thirst, floods, and
disease." As astrophysicist ? Eugene Parker, the discoverer of solar
wind, writes in the foreword to Svensmark's new book, The Chilling
Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change, "Global warming has become a
political issue both in government and in the scientific community.
The scientific lines have been drawn by 'eminent' scientists, and an
important new idea is an unwelcome intruder. It upsets the established
orthodoxy."

We talked with the unexpectedly modest and soft-spoken Henrik
Svensmark about his work, the criticism it has received, and truth
versus hype in climate science.
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Enfin, wat nu gaat Obama aanrichten ?

Henk Elegeert

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