On Oct 14, 8:07*pm, Richard Dixon wrote:
Dear All,

http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/...-9326_5_2_0240...

This may provide an interesting read and maybe discussion.

"Lastly, one can invert the title of this paper and
ask ‘Does the occurrence of lower/higher solar activity
make a cold/warm winter in Europe more likely (than the
climatological mean)?’ Our results strongly suggest that it
does, which has implications for seasonal predictions."

Richard

Here is a description of a related paper:
Oct 7, 2010
Sun's role in warming the planet may be overestimated, study finds

From the Guardian
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/...cle/news/43969

Cheers, Alastair.