date: Wed Sep 27 13:54:55 2000
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: Solar UV
to: Michael McIntyre <M.E.McIntyre@damtp.cam.ac.uk>

   Nice one!   I also saw the story and was dismayed at the spin being placed.  I'll be
   interested in any replies you get.
   Mike
   At 13:12 27/09/00 +0100, you wrote:

     For Dr Paal Brekke,
     SOHO Project,
     ESA/NASA.
     Dear Dr Brekke,
     Please forgive this among doubtless hundreds of others.
     Did the Sunday Times of London misquote you as saying that "our evidence
     suggests [carbon taxes] will not be much help in keeping the Earth cool"?
     They also quote you as saying that a UV-induced increase in ozone is the
     main cause of global warming.  Did you, and if so what's the evidence?
     In any case, please tell me where I can see your evidence for the increase
     in UV over the past century or more.
     Yours sincerely,
     Michael McIntyre
     PS I realize that solar magnetic effects have been monitored over a long
     period, but surely that's several (model-dependent) steps away from
     quantifying terrestrial radiative-photochemical impacts?
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