Sun Not a Significant Driver of Climate Change

damn_registrars writes "Scientists from Edinburgh, Scotland have recently published a study based on 1,000 years of climate data. They have compared the effects of differing factors including volcanic activity, solar activity, and greenhouse gases to find which has the most profound effect on climate. They have concluded that the driving factor since 1900 has been greenhouse gases."

In related news

[game kid]

In related news, angered Sun goes supernova, replies "I'm not a significant what!?"

Sun Not a Significant Driver

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Yeah, ever since Oracle bought them . . .

My dog doesn't agree

[Charcharodon]

"The sun is not a major source of warming"

Well tell that to my dog Max who only naps in the sun beams.

Re:Canned Conservative Response Already Ready

[Ol Olsoc]

Probably in response to the intolerant religion of climate change.

When will these stupid liberals decide to get their science info from politicians, and ignore those pesky scientists?

Location, Location and Location

[ebno-10db]

Scientists from Edinburgh, Scotland have recently published a study showing that the sun is not a significant driver of recent climate change.

Of course they think that - there is no sun in Edinburgh.

Re: In related news

[Dzimas]

Umm. Dude. I think you meat to leave this little manifesto in the comment section of the Toronto Sun.

Re:What about the Little Ice Age?

[Daniel Dvorkin]

To further your analogy, one of the passengers in the car is insisting that the acceleration has ceased because the slope leveled off for a few hundred feet a couple of miles back, and continues to claim that the speedometer reads 55 MPH even as the needle climbs toward 100 and the entire State Patrol is chasing the car down the highway.

Re:In related news

[Jane Q. Public]

Mod parent Flarebait.

Re:What about the Little Ice Age?

[Anonymous Coward]

Installment 34,878 in the popular series "Slashdotter unsure scientists have heard of Sun."

Re: What about the Little Ice Age?

[Alex Cane]

It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared. But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared. One week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," the man replied. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever." "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked. The weather man replied, "The Indians are collecting wood like crazy."