Figure 1 Correlation between sunspot numbers and global temperature was known for decades, but with no proven mechanism it was correctly set aside. That changed when Henrik Svensmark proposed his Cosmic Ray hypothesis. Figures 1 and 2 show the mechanism in two different ways. Figure 2 is from “The Chilling Stars” by Svensmark and Calder, the book that took the idea to the public. Figure 2 The Cosmic effect is now established through rigorous attempts to disprove it, the proper scientific method.IPCC Challenge A major objective of the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) was to counter the evidence in Figure 7c from the … Continue reading Little Ice Age Art