LIARS: An example

"Study: Sun not linked to climate change"

The above is the headline on an article purporting to debunk the notion that the sun causes global warming.

Here is the link to the article.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTr...


In this article you will find plenty to lead you to believe that individuals who claim the sun is the biggest cause of global warming are wrong.

Now, here is a link to the actual study the article in the newspaper is about.

http://www.iop.org/EJ/art...

The study is in pdf format. Parts of it are very difficult to understand, so it is okay to just skip to the conclusion if you like.

Skimming the study and jumping to the conclusion anyone can see this study is about a specific kind of radiation, (cosmic rays 'which don't only come from the sun!') and their effect on cloud cover which serves as an insulation blanket and reflector around the earth, thus affecting earth's temperature. Anything that changes the cloud cover is going to affect the earth's temperature. There is consensus on that.

So, what does the conclusion of this study say? It says that cosmic rays definitely are not affecting the cloud cover of the earth. I have no reason to doubt this conclusion. What else does the study say? It says that the change (dip) in cloud formation under study had to be caused by something other than cosmic rays but that it has to be corolated with solar activity.

Now, consider again the headline of the article about this study.

"Study: Sun not linked to climate change"

The author of the newspaper article about the science study is a liar. The study says the change in cloud cover affecting earth's temperature has to be corolated to solar activity. "Corolated" means either the sun is directly causing the change in cloud cover, that the sun is affecting something else that is affecting the cloud cover, or that there is some unknown factor with the ability to affect solar activity and clouds. In short this science study says with as much certainty as is possible with objective honest science that the sun is causing the change in cloud cover, just not by way of cosmic rays. The sun is linked to temperture change on earth by this study. The newspaper reporter is either a liar or incompetant.