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   If so, the decline in magnetic activity could ease global warming, the   
   scientists said. But such a subtle change in the sun—lowering its   
   luminosity by about 0.1%—wouldn't be enough to outweigh the build-up of   
   greenhouse gases and soot that most researchers consider the main cause of   
   rising world temperatures over the past century or so.   
      
      
      
   "It may give us a brief respite from global warming," said Dr.   
   Hathaway. "But it is not going to stop it."   
      
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