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[kateorman]

Posted another suck-it-and-see, this time in response to the Climate Sceptics Party brochure that came through the letterbox today. Most of their claims are just irrelevant ("Humans are 18% carbon... carbon dioxide is NOT a poisonous gas.") but there was one I'd never heard before: "Many other factors, such as solar activity, El Nino and lunar orbital cycles,

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[murasaki_1966]

It's the excuse of last resort: blame it on the moon.

[dreamer_easy]

Personally, I blame it on the boogie.

[qthewetsprocket]

Blame Canada!

[drhoz]

perhaps the interaction of the tides and axial tilt?

[southerndave]

Agreed, my first thought - well, first serious thought - on lunar influence on the weather was the tides.

[murasaki_1966]

Yes, rising sea levels can be blamed on the moon....

[iblis_kukl]

Lunar orbital cycles?! Google as I might, I can't figure that one out. Anybody got the skinny?

Maybe it's a PMS reference. (Apart from that, I got nothin'.)

eliazar

[murasaki_1966]

I was thinking that too, but couldn't think of a witty way to put it.

[_bigjobbies_]

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/04/climate-and-network-connections/

:)

[dreamer_easy]

Aha! Thank you kindly!