Stora, which is one of the world's largest forestry groups, has long been plagued by the boom-bust cycle in the paper industry.

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"Seymour's work provided evidence with which to propose and eventually launch the Cryosat mission, which is now - as his last paper describes - providing the first observations of the annual cycle of sea-ice growth and decay throughout the Arctic Ocean, " Dr Giles said.

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Although the Bretton-Woods system (1948-1971) was a pseudo-gold-standard manipulated by central banks, it was far superior to the fiat paper regimes seen since 1971, which have contributed so much to the boom-bust cycle, to unprecedented market volatility, over-leveraging, government budget deficits, debt crises, and economic stagnation.

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They make no such adjustment in their paper, partly because of uncertainties surrounding the cycle.

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That paper also found that male sweat may affect the length and timing of a woman's menstrual cycle.

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