Weaker sun will not delay global warming: study LONDON (Reuters)
- A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to
significantly delay a rise in global temperature caused by
greenhouse gases, a report said Monday. The study, by Britain's
Meteorological Office and the university of Reading, found that
the Sun's output would decrease up until 2100 but this would
only lead to a fall in global temperatures of 0.08 degrees
Celsius. Scientists have warned that more extreme weather is
likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate
warms. The world is expected to heat up by over 2 degrees
Celsius this century due to increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Current global pledges to cut carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gas emissions are not seen as sufficient to stop the
planet heating up beyond 2 degrees, a threshold scientists say
risks an unstable climate in which weather extremes are common.
"This research shows that the most likely change in the sun's
output will not have a big impact on global te