Solar Radiation Didn’t Cause Recent Global Warming, Study Shows (Bloomberg.com) July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Recent global warming isn't a result of solar radiation, scientists said, disputing a theory advanced by some researchers as an alternative to the United Nations' view that temperatures are rising as a result of human activities. [News Source]

Study rules out sun in climate change debate (RTÉ News) A new study by British and Swiss scientists has challenged the view that global warming is not man-made, but a natural phenomenon caused by changes in the activities of the Sun. [News Source]

Sun is not to blame for global warming: study (AFP via Yahoo! News) Scientists on Wednesday said that the rise in global temperatures that has been detected over the past two decades cannot be blamed on the Sun, a theory espoused by climate-change sceptics. [News Source]

‘No Sun link’ to climate change (BBC News) Research suggests that changes in the Sun's activity cannot be responsible for modern-day global warming. [News Source]

Rockers urge fans to fight global warming at Live Earth concerts (The Record) LONDON -- Aboriginal elders, virtual-reality performers, a holographic Al Gore and more than 100 of the biggest names in music _ including Madonna, the Police and Kanye West _ were taking to the stage on seven continents Saturday to fight climate change. [News Source]

Sun’s activity not to blame for climate change (The Register) All quiet on the solar front, research shows People are a contrary bunch. Nothing demonstrates this more clearly than the recent fashion for dismissing global warming as a load of hot air. Indeed, it has become de rigueur to attribute recent increases in global temperatures to something other than human industrial activity and the consequent emission of various greenhouse gases, CO 2 among ... [News Source]