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Originally Posted by dgruss23
Actually, whether or not it is in the IPCC report has little connection to whether the topic is ATM. If you look at the 4th IPCC report there is no significant discussion of the solar influence on climate |
The IPCC does include solar irradiance as a climate forcing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:R...e-forcings.svg
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Originally Posted by dgruss23
It has been hypothesized that interactions of cosmic rays with the earth's atmosphere can result in increasing cloud formation.
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Being hypothesized does not make something mainstream. Being accepted by the mainstream does. The forcings that are accepted by the mainstream are included in the IPCC report.
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Originally Posted by dgruss23
At any rate, IMO the IPCC has been irresponsible in not providing any substantive background on the large amount of research into solar forcing of climate in their summary reports.
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You are looking at the summary report there. Chapter 2 of WG1 has more detail on solar variability. There isn't more about it in the summary because it has very little importance in the recent climate change.
http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report.html