Friday, February 9, 2018

The sun is getting dimmer - but it won't let us off the hook for global warming

If you were thinking of buying stock in sunscreen, don't. Scientists say that Earth's life-giving orb of light is dimming, and by 2050, it will be significantly dimmer than its peak, leaving us a colder, cooler world than the one we know. If this has you thinking that this is at least positive news for global warming, brace yourself: while we might get a short reprieve, in the long run, we are still as screwed as ever. The sun has a regular 11-year cycle in which solar radiation rises...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-sun-is-getting-dimmer-but-it-wont-let-us-off-the-hook-for-global-warming
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