X-Message-Number: 22750 From: "John de Rivaz" <> Subject: global warming Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:47:23 -0000 Many of us concerned that effort spent on trying to control global warming may divert funding away from the problem of individual ageing and death will get a boost from the article on http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994321 concerning unusually violent events on the sun. which includes the comment >>The findings may stoke the controversy over the contribution of the Sun to global warming. Usoskin and his team are reluctant to be dragged into the debate, but their work will probably be seized upon by those who claim that temperature rises over the past century are the result of changes in the Sun's output (New Scientist, print edition, 12 April 2003). The link between the Sun's magnetic activity and the Earth's climate is, however, unclear.<< Observations elsewhere in the solar system also suggest warming could be occurring on the planet Mars and even as far out as the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22750