The article may be light on science, but it does have a link to the review paper by Mike Lockwood, "Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates" here: http:

The article may be light on science, but it does have a link to the review paper by Mike Lockwood, "Solar Influence on Global and Regional Climates" here: http://www.eiscat.rl.ac.uk/Members/mike/publications/pdfs/2012/286_Lockwood_SurvGeophys2012.pdf http://www.eiscat.rl.ac.uk/Members/mike/publications/pdfs/20... This is a very good summary of current research, and it's excellent to see the BBC giving easy direct access to primary sources in scientific reporting. The Guardian is also good at providing links to source material, and this should be the default for inline media. Too many journalists simply summarise press releases from universities and give vague statements like 'in a recent paper, scientists say ...' and so on.