<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2022/11/serious-mistakes-found-in-recent-paper-by-connolly-et-al/">https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2022/11/serious-mistakes-found-in-recent-paper-by-connolly-et-al/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>From the Realclimate article: </div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,49,80);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The problem is obvious when you look at the statistical results below, with temperature data (T) in black (NH = northern hemisphere), estimated solar effect in blue and human effect in orange*. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_lbn7f45s0" alt="image.png" width="542" height="361"><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,49,80);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Obviously, no blue line explains “most” of the warming. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------</div><div>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2000 through life plus 70 years, Ted Moffett.  Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the <a href="http://vision2020.moscow.com/" target="_blank">Vision2020.Moscow.com</a> forum without the express written permission of the author.*****<br></div><div><br></div><div>Notting the authors of the peer reviewed climate science paper discussed in this RealClimate.org article, I knew immediately, without reading the Realclimate content, that at least one of the co-authors, Wilie Soon, was a well known fossil fuel industry supported scientist:<br></div><div><div><a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/21/6/131">https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/21/6/131</a><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><h1 class="gmail-wd-jnl-art-title" style="margin:0px 1em 0.25em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.15;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2">How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate</font></h1><p class="gmail-mb-0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Ronan Connolly</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">1,2</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><font size="4" style=""><b style=""><i><span style="font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Willie Soon</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">1</span></i></b></font></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Michael Connolly</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">2</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">, </span><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Sallie Baliunas</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">3</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inheri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">David R. Legates</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">15</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Sebastian Lüning</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">16</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Nicola Scafetta</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">17</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Jan-Erik Solheim</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">18</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">László Szarka</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">19</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Harry van Loon</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">20</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Víctor M. Velasco Herrera</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">21</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Richard C. Willson</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">22</span></span>, <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Hong Yan</span> (艳洪)<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">23</span></span> and <span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Weijia Zhang</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">24,25</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-mb-0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-container gmail-reveal-plus-icon gmail-reveal-enabled" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-content gmail-reveal-no-animation" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px">---------------------------------</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-mb-0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-container gmail-reveal-plus-icon gmail-reveal-enabled" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-content gmail-reveal-no-animation" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"><a href="https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/">https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/</a><br></span></span></span></span></span></p><h3 id="gmail-h-fossil-fuel-funding" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:24px">Fossil Fuel Funding</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:16px">As part of a <a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032018/climate-change-denial-monckton-soon-koonin-california-cities-lawsuit-judge-science-tutorial" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">March 2018 legal case</a> between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland and fossil fuel companies, Soon was asked to disclose any connections he had to connected parties. He <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4417034-Soon-Et-Al-Respond-to-Judges-Question-3-20-2018.html" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">offered the following response </a>(emphasis added):</p><p class="gmail-mb-0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-container gmail-reveal-plus-icon gmail-reveal-enabled" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-content gmail-reveal-no-animation" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote class="gmail-wp-block-quote" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Rubik,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.5rem;margin-bottom:1.5rem;padding:0px 35px">“I have not received any funding for the climate-sensitivity research led by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley. In the past,<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:600"> I have received scientific research grants from Exxon-Mobil Foundation, Southern Company and the Charles G. Koch Foundation for my work on various topics, including scientific research on the Sun-climate connection</span>.” <a href="https://www.desmog.com/willie-soon/#s98" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">[98]</a></p></blockquote><p class="gmail-mb-0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Noto Sans",Ubuntu,"Droid Sans","Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-container gmail-reveal-plus-icon gmail-reveal-enabled" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-reveal-content gmail-reveal-no-animation" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline"><span class="gmail-nowrap" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:1;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;height:0px"><br></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div>