Sun Set To Warm Up

NASA has confirmed that the sun will warm up during its current solar cycle, with solar flares threatening electronic equipment here on Earth. For more information on the sun and its relationship with global warming, see Chapter S- The A-Z of Global Warming.

Change in Sun's Output Won't Stop Global Warming

NASA study shows that even if when the sun is going through one of its solar minimum cycles ( every 11 years ) where solar output is reduced, it wont be enough to off-set global warming caused by increased levels of greenhouse gases.

Missing sunspots will return!

Scientists, alarmed at the suns lack of sunspots of late seem to have discovered why the sun has been so inactive, when it should have been entering a period of sunspot activity... the sunspots and hence an increase in solar activity is set to return... .

The Sun and Global Warming

The Sun should be coming out of it's cooler period within it's current 11 year solar cycle. During 11 year solar cycles the Sun goes through it's solar maximum and solar minimum periods (increased and decreased levels of solar activity). Scientists are baffled however, as the Sun doesn't appear to be getting warmer at present, when all predictions indicated that it should be. The last solar maximum was between 2000-2002( cycle 23 ). 2005 however, was still the warmest recorded year since the 1880's according to NASA.