ON COSMIC RAYS AND CLIMATE

Professor Nir Shaviv, Racah Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

5.3.12, 12:00

Room 426/8

Cosmic Rays appear to have a large effect on climate. I will review the evidence for this link, which exists on all time scales ranging from days to eons. I will then discuss the implications that this link has for our understanding of 20th century climate change and for future warming over the 21st century.