Would it be a shock to learn that Cecil was right? Short answer: Look at this record of CO2 variations during ice age minima and interglacial maxima. The highest CO2 levels reached during the interglacial maxima of the past million years have been around 280 ppm to a maximum of 300 ppm. Ice ages occur when those levels decline toward the remarkably consistent ice age minima of around 180 ppm. Currently, CO2 is around 400 ppm and rising fast, and will continue to do so as long we burn fossil fuels and engage in other activities like land use changes. An ice age is impossible in those circumstances, and solar variations have minimal influence on climate except over extremely long geological timeframes. The thing that you quoted is not a “news source”, and some lone Russian quack doesn’t equal “solar scientists”.
