Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide, and climate
Author(s) -
Rahmstorf Stefan,
Archer David,
Ebel Denton S.,
Eugster Otto,
Jouzel Jean,
Maraun Douglas,
Neu Urs,
Schmidt Gavin A.,
SeverInghaus Jeff,
Weaver Andrew J.,
Zachos Jim
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo040002
Subject(s) - cosmic ray , solar variation , cloud cover , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , flux (metallurgy) , climatology , astrophysics , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , series (stratigraphy) , physics , climate change , geology , cloud computing , oceanography , chemistry , political science , organic chemistry , law , paleontology
Several recent papers have applied correlation analysis to climate‐related time series in the hope of finding evidence for causal relationships. For a critical discussion of correlations between solar variability, cosmic rays, and cloud cover, see Laut [2003]. A prominent new example is a paper by Shaviv and Veizer [2003], which claims that fluctuations in cosmic ray flux reaching the Earth can explain 66% of the temperature variance over the past 520 m.y.,and that the sensitivity of climate to a doubling of CO 2 is less than previously estimated.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom