Skeptical Science - Solar activity & climate: is the sun causing global warming?

Another of the best arguments against human caused global warming out there - the sun is causing it. This article examines this claim and explains that no, the sun is not causing climate change (at least not now).

As supplier of almost all the energy in Earth's climate, the sun certainly has a strong influence on climate change. Consequently there have been many studies examining the link between solar variations and global temperatures.

The correlation between solar activity and temperature

The most commonly cited study by skeptics is a study by scientists from Finland and Germany that finds the sun has been more active in the last 60 years than anytime in the past 1150 years (Usoskin 2005). They also found temperatures closely correlate to solar activity.

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