Study shows CFCs, cosmic rays major culprits for global warming

Professor Qing-Bin Lu, at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, has published a paper based on extensive research showing the cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are the culprit that causes global warming and not carbon dioxide.

Here is a recent article published by Insciences.  For the complete article click here.

For more information on Professor Qing-Bin Lu and his research, these links provide great information:

• Complete research paper by Professor Qing-Bin Lu
• PDF of the research
• Ozone Layer Burned by Cosmic Rays

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WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Dec. 21, 2009) - Cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), both already implicated in depleting the Earth's ozone layer, are also responsible for changes in the global climate, a University of Waterloo scientist reports in a new peer-reviewed paper.

In his paper, Qing-Bin Lu, a professor of physics and astronomy, shows how CFCs - compounds once widely used as refrigerants - and cosmic rays - energy particles originating in outer space - are mostly to blame for climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. His paper, derived from observations of satellite, ground-based and balloon measurements as well as an innovative use of an established mechanism, was published online in the prestigious journal Physics Reports.

"My findings do not agree with the climate models that conventionally thought that greenhouse gases, mainly CO2, are the major culprits for the global warming seen in the late 20th century," Lu said. "Instead, the observed data show that CFCs conspiring with cosmic rays most likely caused both the Antarctic ozone hole and global warming. These findings are totally unexpected and striking, as I was focused on studying the mechanism for the formation of the ozone hole, rather than global warming."

His conclusions are based on observations that from 1950 up to now, the climate in the Arctic and Antarctic atmospheres has been completely controlled by CFCs and cosmic rays, with no CO2 impact.