The belief that solar variation can be correlated to recent global warming trends has become a highly debated topic in the scientific community. By comparing and charting historical sunspot data with climate models as well as recorded data, it has become the belief of many scientists that the increase in solar variation, or the amount of energy emitted by the sun, affects global temperatures. Conversely, the solar variation theory has been met with great skepticism. One argument says that current insolation data actually proves the theory of global dimming, which is the reduction of the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface. Further, the belief that much of the data gathering and results are vulnerable to bias, is an ever increasing dilemma as it relates to the global warming forum.
For my own research i chose to observe Burlington, VT. As far as temperature, Burlington is considered to have a moderate climate for Vermont, a state known for cold weather; who's average......
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