<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[But around the equator it&#8217;s all still &#8220;global&nbsp;warming&#8221;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081202081449.htm" target="_blank">Science Daily</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The sun’s magnetic field may have a significant impact on weather and climatic parameters in Australia and other countries in the <strong>northern and southern hemispheres</strong>. According to a study in Geographical Research, the droughts are related to the solar magnetic phases and not the greenhouse effect.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Update</strong>:</p>
<p>Apparently the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4B35ZO20081204?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=scienceNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true" target="_blank">Byzantines also drove Hummers</a>.</p>
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