nebula Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Regular Solar Cycle Could Be Going on Hiatus by Nancy Atkinson on June 14, 2011 Are we headed into the 21st century version of the Maunder Minimum? Three researchers studying three different aspects of the Sun have all come up with the same conclusion: the Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 A more reader-friendly version: Sluggish sun may 'sit out' next solar cycle 22:45 14 June 2011 by David Shiga The eerily lethargic sun shows no signs of perking up, solar physicists say. The sun may wallow in inactivity for the next decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 598 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,175 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,902 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted June 15, 2011 so if we go into a little ice age, do we stop all the global warming things and fire up the coal generators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved2Serve Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 75 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/16/1993 Share Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) I read about that on Yahoo today. That is really interesting. Hmm.. i do believe this will slow down warnings concerning global warming too, other one. lol (well at least for a little while.) Edited June 15, 2011 by Saved2Serve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.20 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 15, 2011 Not on the article I read. They mentioned the first Maunder thing, and how it led to an ice age, then proceeded to emphasize how this one wouldnt lower temps much, less than one degree, how it wont affect climate this time around, and since we know global warming will raise the earths temp over 5 degrees, well it still means we will have global warming. Such nonsense they continue to spew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 15, 2011 I take it by the posts that this is not good?!?!? What exactly does this mean to us? ... be kind to this elementary student of the sun cycles ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nebula Posted June 15, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 I take it by the posts that this is not good?!?!? What exactly does this mean to us? ... be kind to this elementary student of the sun cycles ... Actually, I don't think anyone really knows. We've only been observing the Sun this way for a few decades. The second article mentioned: The peak of the solar cycle, when sunspots are abundant, tends to unleash more outbursts of plasma from the sun, which can fry satellite electronics and interfere with radio communication and power grids on Earth. If the sun becomes especially quiet, these storms may be fewer and farther between. On the other hand, an inactive sun also lets more cosmic rays into the solar system, which can cause glitches in spacecraft and boost cancer risks for astronauts venturing outside Earth's protective magnetic field. An onset of quiet behaviour might also help scientists clarify how much the sun affects Earth's climate. The sun's solar cycle was interrupted once before during the so-called Maunder minimum from 1645 to 1715, when almost no sunspots appeared. Some scientists have suggested this 70-year lull may have triggered or contributed toMovie Camera the pronounced cooling observed in northern Europe during this period, though the connection is disputed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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