IS FREEDOM OF THOUGHT TO BLAME FOR LACK ON ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING?
(1) IT’S THE SUN, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT ABC Science Online, 6 April 2006 http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1606906.htm Judy Skatssoon Analysis of the first sample of lunar soil collected by Neil Armstrong has thrown into disarray what researchers believe about the Sun, an international team of scientists says. Dr Trevor Ireland from the Australian National University and colleagues report in the journal Nature today the results of a study of oxygen isotopes on the surface of soil grains returned to Earth by the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. It was hoped the study would provide clues about the chemical make-up of the Sun and the proto-planetary soup that gave birth to our solar system. In particular, researchers hoped to find evidence for either of the two reigning theories about the Sun’s composition. According to one theory, the Sun has a similar oxygen composition to the planets. The other theory suggests it has enriched levels of the isotope oxygen-16. Instead, the study indicat
