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  Not (quite) so fast

  The ongoing "Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets" (CLOUD) experiment at CERN (http://public.web.cern.ch/public/Content/Chapters/Spotlig ...) seeks to address the weakness in earlier studies that have investigated the relationship between climate and cosmic rays. As this article (http://npg.nature.com/nature/journal/v443/n7108/full/4431 ...) in Nature states:

  . . . for a connection between cosmic rays and climate to be interesting, it does not have to account for the already well-explained climate history of the past 100 years. Even a small effect, to which Earth is only sensitive under some conditions, would be an exciting find. The CLOUD experiment does not have to overturn the consensus of the world's climatologists to be a success; it just has to throw a little light on some physics. "In a nutshell," says Kirkby, "we want to go after the microphysics between a cosmic ray and a cloud droplet or ice particle. How significant are they in the atmosphere, or in certain parts of the atmosphere?"

   . . how significant are they in the atmosphere, or in certain parts of the atmosphere?

  These sound like important questions for which there are yet no answers.

  You can see more about this here:

  Will the Debate on Global Warming Ever be Over?On Fred Thompson's confused stance on climate change posted 1 year, 11 months ago 12 Responses

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  Not (quite) so fast

  The ongoing "Cosmics Leaving Outdoor Droplets" (CLOUD) experiment at CERN seeks to address the weakness in earlier studies that have investigated the relationship between climate and cosmic rays. As this article (http://npg.nature.com/nature/journal/v443/n7108/full/4431 ...) in Nature states:

  . . . for a connection between cosmic rays and climate to be interesting, it does not have to account for the already well-explained climate history of the past 100 years. Even a small effect, to which Earth is only sensitive under some conditions, would be an exciting find. The CLOUD experiment does not have to overturn the consensus of the world's climatologists to be a success; it just has to throw a little light on some physics. "In a nutshell," says Kirkby, "we want to go after the microphysics between a cosmic ray and a cloud droplet or ice particle. How significant are they in the atmosphere, or in certain parts of the atmosphere?"

  . . . how significant are they in the atmosphere, or in certain parts of the atmosphere?

  These sound like important questions for which there are yet no answers.

  You can see more about this here:

  Will the Debate on Global Warming Ever be Over?On 'It's the sun, stupid'--Very bright, yes, but not getting brighter posted 1 year, 11 months ago 18 Responses