Nicola Scafetta: The Theory Is Very Simple

Nicola Scafetta is a scientist at Duke University and at the Active Cavity Radiometer Solar Irradiance Monitor Lab which is associated with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. He claims that "at least 60% of the warming of the Earth observed since 1970 appears to be induced by natural cycles which are present in the solar system.” As his theory is controversial, we asked him to outline it. For the near future he predicts a stabilisation of global temperature or cooling until 2030-2040.

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100 years ago nature had "teeth and claws". Today it's "fragile". Obviously those are purely human constructs. @nomismurnane

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Patch of 20 below normal

Patch of 20 below normal air Thur-Sat moving through places that had 20 above recently pic.twitter.com/48YZLWTw