IS global warming a con? Are our carbon emissions nothing to do with climate change?
It's a topic that has prompted much debate and one which will be discussed at a free talk at Lancaster University next Wednesday.
Careful new work by a retired Lancaster University professor casts doubt on the claims about global warming.
The ta
lk on 'Cosmic Rays and Global Warming' by emeritus professor Terry Sloan will take place at 6.30pm on May 7 in the George Fox Lecture Theatre 1 on campus. All are welcome.
The talk follows new research by Prof Sloan and his colleague, emeritus professor Arnold Wolfendale at Durham University, who have challenged the idea that global warming is caused by cosmic rays rather than by human activity.
Climate change sceptics argue that changes in cosmic rays coming to Earth determine cloudiness and temperature, leading to global warming, implying that cutting carbon emissions is futile since climate change is not caused by burning fossil fuels.
But this new research casts doubt on the theory after finding no evidence of a link between the ionising cosmic rays and the production of low cloud cover.
Professor Sloan said: "If the sceptics are right, we're wasting our time trying to cut greenhouse gases. But we couldn't find the link they propose which means we are right to cut carbon emissions."
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