HENRIK SVENSMARK

'Henrik Svensmark' is a physicist at the Danish National Space Center in Copenhagen who studies the effects of cosmic rays on cloud formation.
Henrik Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen were the first to suggest (in 1997) a link between galactic cosmic rays and global climate change mediated primarily by variations in the intensity of the solar wind. The small-scale processes related to this link were studied in a laboratory experiment done at the Danish National Space Center (paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A", February 8, 2007).
In 2007 Henrik Svensmark published a book "The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change"^[1] together with Nigel Calder.
Svensmark's research downplays the significance to which atmospheric CO2 may affect global warming. In June 2007, a paper written by Mike Lockwood of the UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Claus Froehlich of the World Radiation Center in Switzerland was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in June/July 2007.^[2] Their study concluded that the increase in mean global temperature observed since 1985 correlates so poorly with solar variability, that no type of causal mechanism may be ascribed to it. In an interview with LondonBookReview.com, "Chilling Stars" coauthor Nigel Calder responded to the study with the counterclaim that there has actually been no evidence that mean global temperature has risen since 1999.

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Selected Publications

References

External links

Selected Publications

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References

1. Svensmark, Henrik, "The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change", Totem Books, 2007 (ISBN 1-840-46815-7)
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External links

★ Astronomy & Geophysics Article by Henrik Svensmark - February 2007

★ TimesOnline Article by Nigel Calder- February 2007

★ Icon Books The Chilling Stars

★ Scientific report Proceedings of the Royal Society A '463', 385-396 (2007).

★ DISCOVER Sun's shift may cause global warming - June 2007

★ A review of The Chilling Stars at LondonBookReview.com'