"Jim" wrote in message
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25771510

Thoughts?

Jim

For me, the jury is still out, but Rebecca Morelle did make one mistake.

The Maunder Minimum was not first identified by Maunder. It was
Sporer who first spotted it. It was named the Maunder Minimum by Jack
Eddy because of the alliteration. He knew there would be a lot of
opposition to his thesis that sun spots affected the Earth's climate, so
he chose a catchy title for the most obvious example.

It's very difficult to get new ideas over in science, even if they are
correct!

Cheers, Alastair.