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The online magazine [http://www.londonbookreview.com/ londonbookreview.com] remarked, "For those who believe that the argument about the causes of climate change have been settled may find this a difficult book to read. But those who retain an open mind may find this an interesting read, even if it is only to confirm that the science is far from being settled."<ref name=lbr>{{cite web|publisher=[http://www.londonbookreview.com/ londonbookreview.com]|url=http://www.londonbookreview.com/lbr0037.html|title=The Chilling Stars|accessdate=August 26, 2011|date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> |
The online magazine [http://www.londonbookreview.com/ londonbookreview.com] remarked, "For those who believe that the argument about the causes of climate change have been settled may find this a difficult book to read. But those who retain an open mind may find this an interesting read, even if it is only to confirm that the science is far from being settled."<ref name=lbr>{{cite web|publisher=[http://www.londonbookreview.com/ londonbookreview.com]|url=http://www.londonbookreview.com/lbr0037.html|title=The Chilling Stars|accessdate=August 26, 2011|date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> |
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Scientists have generally not found the published work of Svensmark et al. persuasive. For example Lockwood et al. <ref>{{cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-012-9181-3?null|title=Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates|author=Mike Lockwood|journal=Surveys in Geophysics|date=July 2012|volume=33|issue=3|pages=503-534}}</ref> find that "The cloud-cosmic ray suggestion increasingly fails to match observations". |
Scientists have generally not found the published work of Svensmark et al. persuasive. For example Lockwood et al. <ref>{{cite journal|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-012-9181-3?null|title=Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates|author=Mike Lockwood|journal=Surveys in Geophysics|date=July 2012|volume=33|issue=3|pages=503-534}}</ref> find that "The cloud-cosmic ray suggestion increasingly fails to match observations". A joint Spanish/Japanese collaboration of solar ray/astrophysics experts found that the change in global cloud cover is closely correlated with [[El Niño–Southern Oscillation]] and uncorrelated with solar rays. <ref>{{cite journal |url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1 |title=A Decade of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: Is a Solar–Cloud Link Detectable? |first=Benjamin |last=Laken |first2=Enric |last2=Palle |first3=Hiroko |last3=Miyahara |journal=Journal of Climate |volume=25 |publisher=American Meteorological Society |year=2012 |doi=10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1 |pages=4430-4440}}</ref> |
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Another example of scientific review of the contents of this book was published by a joint Spanish/Japanese collaboration of solar ray/astrophysics experts. Using data gathered in the last 10 years by the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project using new satellite-based instruments that can measure cloud cover from space, they set out to investigate the claims outlined in this book. They found that the change in global cloud cover is closely correlated with [[El Niño–Southern Oscillation]] and uncorrelated with solar rays. They concluded:<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1 |title=A Decade of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: Is a Solar–Cloud Link Detectable? |first=Benjamin |last=Laken |first2=Enric |last2=Palle |first3=Hiroko |last3=Miyahara |journal=Journal of Climate |volume=25 |publisher=American Meteorological Society |year=2012 |doi=10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1 |pages=4430-4440}}</ref> |
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"An analysis of the first decade of monthly time-scale MODIS cloud anomalies has shown that neither variations in TSI emissions or the GCR flux are dominantly responsible for cloud variability at global or local (geographic) scales at any altitude level. Although correlation analysis suggests that some statistically significant correlations between cloud variability and TSI/GCR variations are present, further investigation of these relationships revealed that such associations either broke down during the data period or were likely connected to internal climate variability and not to solar activity." |
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| Author | Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 1-84046-815-7 |
The Chilling Stars is a non-fiction book about the possible causes and effects of global climate change by Henrik Svensmark and Nigel Calder. The paperback version was published by Totem Books on March 19, 2003.[1] An updated version titled The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change was published in 2007. Svensmark is otherwise known as a Danish physicist and professor while Calder has worked as a science journalist.
The authors argue that cloud cover changes caused by variations in cosmic rays are a major contributor to global temperature increases, and they state that human influences have been exaggerated.[1]
Contents and background
The authors describe a cross-disciplinary theory that takes in elements of cosmology, particle physics, paleo-climatology, and meteorology. They label their concept 'cosmoclimatology', and they attempt to look back through prior climate trends such as the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age. They detail what they view as a close correlation between the rate of cosmic rays reaching the earth, which vary based on electromagnetic fluctuation on the sun's surface, and earth's temperature.[1]
They write how the solar magnetic field grew over twice as strong as before over the 20th century, and they peg this as a primary driver of the approximately 0.6 °C warming over that time. Specifically, they state that less cosmic rays cause less clouds to form and thus the climate becomes hotter, given that the individual water droplets that make up clouds collect when cosmic particles turn water into ions.
Reviews
The online magazine londonbookreview.com remarked, "For those who believe that the argument about the causes of climate change have been settled may find this a difficult book to read. But those who retain an open mind may find this an interesting read, even if it is only to confirm that the science is far from being settled."[1]
Scientists have generally not found the published work of Svensmark et al. persuasive. For example Lockwood et al. [2] find that "The cloud-cosmic ray suggestion increasingly fails to match observations". A joint Spanish/Japanese collaboration of solar ray/astrophysics experts found that the change in global cloud cover is closely correlated with El Niño–Southern Oscillation and uncorrelated with solar rays. [3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "The Chilling Stars". londonbookreview.com. September 26, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ Mike Lockwood (July 2012). "Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates". Surveys in Geophysics. 33 (3): 503–534.
- ^ Laken, Benjamin; Palle, Enric; Miyahara, Hiroko (2012). "A Decade of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: Is a Solar–Cloud Link Detectable?". Journal of Climate. 25. American Meteorological Society: 4430–4440. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1.