So......the earth's weather is too complex for science to make accurate judgements or predictions.....but the Sun....that's a different story! We should consider what scientists have to say about the Earth's climate to be bunk, but we should absolutely believe what they are telling us about the Sun's climate activity?
I'm starting to think that everybody is just guessing about everything! On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade > > Excerpt: > > 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. > > The Sun normally follows an 11-year cycle of activity. The current cycle, > Cycle 24, is now supposed to be ramping up towards maximum strength. > Increased numbers of sunspots and other indications ought to be happening: > but in fact results so far are most disappointing. Scientists at the NSO > now > suspect, based on data showing decades-long trends leading to this point, > that Cycle 25 may not happen at all. > > This could have major implications for the Earth's climate. According to a > statement issued by the NSO, announcing the research: > > An immediate question is whether this slowdown presages a second Maunder > Minimum, a 70-year period with virtually no sunspots [which occurred] > during > 1645-1715. > > As NASA notes: > > Early records of sunspots indicate that the Sun went through a period of > inactivity in the late 17th century. Very few sunspots were seen on the Sun > from about 1645 to 1715. Although the observations were not as extensive as > in later years, the Sun was in fact well observed during this time and this > lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity also > corresponds to a climatic period called the "Little Ice Age" when rivers > that are normally ice-free froze and snow fields remained year-round at > lower altitudes. There is evidence that the Sun has had similar periods of > inactivity in the more distant past. > > > > Read more here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ > > > > Looks like somebody didn't get the memo. > > J > > - > > The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them - Jason Laumark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338917 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
