| − | '''Solar magnetic activity''' corresponds with [[global warming]]: "During periods of greater solar magnetic activity, greater shielding of the earth occurs, resulting in less [[cosmic rays]] penetrating to the lower atmosphere, resulting in fewer [[cloud condensation nuclei]] being produced, resulting in fewer and less reflective low-level clouds occurring, which leads to more [[solar radiation]] being absorbed by the surface of the earth, resulting (finally) in increasing near-surface [[air temperature]]s and [[global warming]]." <ref> [http://www.nipccreport.org/chapter5.html Climate Change Reconsidered: Chapter 5 - Solar Variability and Climate Cycles]</ref> | + | '''Solar magnetic activity''' corresponds with [[global warming]]: "During periods of greater solar magnetic activity, greater shielding of the earth occurs, resulting in less [[cosmic rays]] penetrating to the lower atmosphere, resulting in fewer [[cloud condensation nuclei]] being produced, resulting in fewer and less reflective low-level clouds occurring, which leads to more [[solar radiation]] being absorbed by the surface of the earth, resulting (finally) in increasing near-surface [[air temperature]]s and [[global warming]]." <ref>[http://www.nipccreport.org/chapter5.html Climate Change Reconsidered: Chapter 5 - Solar Variability and Climate Cycles]</ref> |