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Cosmic Rays & Climate Change
phil
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2/13/2007 10:39:39 PM
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Yet another external astronomical factor enters the climate
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Cosmic Rays & Climate Change
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phil
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2/13/2007 10:39:39 PM
Could Gamma radiation be used to destroy the chemical bonds between C & O2?
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Scott Evil
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2/15/2007 4:02:34 PM
You need H
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nick hoffman
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2/19/2007 1:25:54 PM
Do we need a new board?
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nick hoffman
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2/15/2007 6:28:38 AM
re: Do we need a new board?
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Marcia
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2/15/2007 9:51:22 PM
re: Do we need a new board?
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Marcia
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2/18/2007 10:36:08 PM
Not really. But...
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TB
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2/15/2007 7:08:40 PM
Sounds ok with me
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Scott Evil
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2/15/2007 3:57:51 PM
I don't think it would help, Nick.
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ER
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2/15/2007 12:18:44 PM
The arguments aren't just about climate change itself...
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Scott Evil
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2/15/2007 11:39:54 PM
re: I wonder if they looked at the Earth's atmosphere for Gamma rays.
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Johannes
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2/14/2007 3:21:14 AM
re: I wonder if they looked at the Earth's atmosphere for Gamma rays.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/16/2007 12:05:04 AM
re: I wonder if they looked at the Earth's atmosphere for Gamma rays.
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Johannes
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2/17/2007 4:23:13 AM
The article you linked to gave the probable cause
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R.L.
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2/14/2007 11:12:43 PM
re: Yes, but since they gave these comments.
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Johannes
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2/15/2007 2:01:24 AM
"I wondered if there was more than electricity involved. Like something to do with nuclear energy."
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R.L.
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2/15/2007 2:17:47 AM
re: Prove it
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Johannes
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2/15/2007 5:52:02 AM
You are sitting in a chair watching TV and you notice your keys are not in your pocket.
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alcaray
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2/15/2007 6:02:58 PM
re: New information and a question seems to make RL MAD for some reason.
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Johannes
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2/15/2007 9:56:28 PM
One thing I will say about gamma rays...
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alcaray
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2/15/2007 11:32:37 PM
Fantastic. I also think applies to several other debates around here, like Climate
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Yeti
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2/15/2007 8:09:07 PM
Bravo!
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Laurie Street
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2/15/2007 7:13:40 PM
WE HAVE- MANY TIMES
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R.L.
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2/15/2007 10:25:41 AM
Saw that coming a parsec off...
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TB
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2/14/2007 4:17:00 AM
re: Related questions.
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Johannes
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2/14/2007 5:38:12 AM
That is not lightning.
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R.L.
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2/14/2007 3:52:55 PM
Well, tried to find a reference
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R.L.
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2/14/2007 4:47:22 PM
The "small rockets" theory is correct.
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ER
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2/14/2007 6:08:42 PM
Thank you- that makes sense...
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R.L.
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2/15/2007 1:40:34 AM
If it is...
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TB
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2/14/2007 4:26:08 PM
re: Cosmic Rays & Climate Change
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ER
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2/13/2007 11:15:57 PM
re: Cosmic Rays & Climate Change
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gbaikie
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2/14/2007 3:49:54 AM
It must be desperately important to you that CO2 not have anything to to do with global warming, isn't it?
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ER
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2/14/2007 5:16:50 AM
re: CO2 and global warming
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TB
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2/14/2007 5:42:15 AM
re: CO2 and global warming
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Yeti
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2/14/2007 6:55:08 PM
re: futhermore, causal factors
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Yeti
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2/14/2007 7:00:42 PM
re: futhermore, causal factors
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TB
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2/14/2007 8:15:25 PM
What CO2?
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ER
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2/14/2007 6:16:15 AM
re: What CO2?
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gbaikie
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2/14/2007 7:27:24 AM
You're not paying atterntion, are you?
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ER
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2/14/2007 12:03:57 PM
re: Cosmic Rays & Climate Change
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Marcia
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2/14/2007 1:49:22 AM
Taking the rays
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ER
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2/14/2007 2:47:20 AM
re: Taking the rays
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Marcia
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2/14/2007 5:32:18 AM
The dying Earth
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/14/2007 6:47:25 PM
It's polar wander paths you need to be looking for.
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podrock
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2/17/2007 1:33:39 AM
fix'd link
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podrock
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2/17/2007 2:27:07 AM
re: fix'd link - Interesting, thanks!
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Marcia
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2/18/2007 8:27:05 PM
There is no evidence for significant slowing of the earth's rotatio, other than from tides
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nick hoffman
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2/15/2007 6:25:50 AM
Planetary rotation, geomagnetic poles & global warming
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/15/2007 8:31:16 AM
totally fathomable
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ER
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2/15/2007 7:00:16 PM
The media has you right where they want you.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/15/2007 10:48:43 PM
Fine. Let's put your theory to the test.
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ER
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2/16/2007 1:26:05 AM
It's not MY theory.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/16/2007 3:39:46 AM
Only about your "Dear Mr. Scientist" reference
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alcaray
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2/16/2007 5:14:07 PM
re: Only about your "Dear Mr. Scientist" reference
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/16/2007 11:18:56 PM
It should be privately managed.
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ER
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2/17/2007 1:36:36 AM
Who's theory is it?
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ER
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2/16/2007 4:21:37 AM
re: Who's theory is it?
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Slippery-Devil1
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2/16/2007 11:21:18 PM
re: totally fathomable
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Marcia
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2/15/2007 9:58:32 PM
re: totally fathomable
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Marcia
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2/15/2007 10:28:07 PM
20 degrees in a hundred years?
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alcaray
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2/15/2007 4:13:13 PM
yep..all true.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/15/2007 10:59:32 PM
Your theory seems to converge with Johannes'.
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alcaray
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2/15/2007 11:35:26 PM
????
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/15/2007 11:40:18 PM
ET charged radiation tends to hit the atmosphere and earth where the magnetic lines curve into the surface.
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alcaray
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2/15/2007 11:55:49 PM
re: The dying Earth
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ER
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2/14/2007 7:56:08 PM
re: The dying Earth
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/14/2007 10:29:01 PM
The moon wasn't captured
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ER
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2/15/2007 1:14:11 AM
re: The moon wasn't captured
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REB
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2/15/2007 2:15:21 PM
Yes, but we can't do anything about what's going on out there.
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ER
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2/14/2007 5:49:26 AM
Never say never.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/15/2007 9:01:58 AM
re: So, why aren't they saying anything... adding it all up to the equation?
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Marcia
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2/14/2007 6:00:59 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.