Surya Prakash Kapoor, Independent Scientist

Presently, meteorologists are of the opinion that all weather is created by the sun alone. Warmth for the planets is provided primarily by the sun’s energy. At an average distance from the Sun of nearly 150 million Km the Earth intercepts only a very small fraction of the Sun’s total energy output. However, it is this radiant energy (or radiation) that drives the atmosphere into the pattern of everyday wind and weather and allows the earth to maintain an average surface temperature of about 15° Centigrade. During last 150 years of industrial revolution this average surface temperature of the Earth has risen to 16.2° Celsius. A careful study and an in-depth analysis of the above statement has revealed that the contribution of the geothermal energy element spewed out by the active volcanoes both on the dry land and on the seabed (I.e., mid-ocean ridge about 80,000 Km long) has not been taken into account while attributing the entire credit to the solar incoming radiation alone. In view of this lapse, the problem of global warming deserves a reexamination.