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Big drop in solar activity

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gungasnake
 
Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 05:52 am
http://www.space.com/11960-fading-sunspots-slower-solar-activity-solar-cycle.html

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The results of the new studies were announced today (June 14) at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society, which is being held this week at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

"The solar cycle may be going into a hiatus," Frank Hill, associate director of the National Solar Observatory's Solar Synoptic Network, said in a news briefing today (June 14).


Possible second little ice age (LIA-II) on the horizen, basically God's plan to make democrats and Gaea-worshippers look stupid...
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 05:59 am
@gungasnake,
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/

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Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade
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Physicists say sunspot cycle is 'going into hibernation'
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What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age......

farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 07:38 am
@gungasnake,
The problems with all " climtic prediction" is that it gets quickly politicized by the "true believers". Note gungas glee at the possibility of another minimum.

gungasnake
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 08:45 am
@farmerman,
Not sure there's anything to be gleeful about, also no real idea as to which between a second LIA and the Gaea-worshipers and warmers policies would do more harm to the world.
farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 05:27 pm
@gungasnake,
Psss Lynn MArgulis is a GOP bun warmer.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 06:59 pm
@gungasnake,
All politics aside, solar activity cycles are interesting.
farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 07:05 pm
@rosborne979,
yep, the sun is an interesting engine that, based upon its wobblies, precessions, sunspots and flares (We just had a huge one last week). We are at the edge of a rope all the time.

If we had a solar flare set like the three or so weve had recently, during the time that the earths magnetic field intensity is decreasing during its "Flip cycle" we can lose some atmosphere.
rosborne979
 
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Reply Wed 15 Jun, 2011 07:20 pm
@farmerman,
Many years ago during an A2K discussion with Satt_fs I discovered that the basic 7-year solar cycle is due to the sun passing back and forth through the barycenter of the solar system.

As it turns out, this was a known fact long before it came up in our discussion, but it was very fun arriving at the same conclusions from searching information on the Internet, rather than simply having someone tell us. We actually deduced this from our questions to each other, and after coming to our own conclusions we were then able to search out relevant information to confirm our ideas.
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jun, 2011 04:17 am
Winter is coming.....

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/14/all-three-of-these-lines-of-research-to-point-to-the-familiar-sunspot-cycle-shutting-down-for-a-while/
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Sat 18 Jun, 2011 12:17 pm
http://iceagenow.com/Earth_may_enter_a_Little_Ice_Age_within_a_decade.htm
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Sun 19 Jun, 2011 07:01 pm
We're doomed.
farmerman
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 05:20 am
@rosborne979,
we shalll only be able to grow turnips
patiodog
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 06:27 am
@farmerman,
I'd better pick up some good socks.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 08:26 am
At least when the glaciers return I won't have to mow my yard any more. Life will be easier.
gungasnake
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 05:28 pm
@rosborne979,
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At least when the glaciers return I won't have to mow my yard any more. Life will be easier....


You'll have to deal with polar bears... Think 45/70.
roger
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 07:49 pm
@gungasnake,
And forget about the seal skin overcoat.
gungasnake
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jun, 2011 09:40 pm
@roger,
You got it.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 24 Jun, 2011 08:40 am
What causes solar activity like this to go into minimums? Is there a cycle to it? What is the period of the cycle?
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 24 Jun, 2011 08:41 am
@gungasnake,
gungasnake wrote:

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At least when the glaciers return I won't have to mow my yard any more. Life will be easier....

You'll have to deal with polar bears... Think 45/70.
I always wanted an excuse to buy a big-ass 30aught-six. I love those pointy bullets. Smile
farmerman
 
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Reply Fri 24 Jun, 2011 08:53 am
@rosborne979,
Heers a long term cycle graph
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Sunspot_Numbers.png/350px-Sunspot_Numbers.png
 

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