So, in summary, hopefully the sun will behave itself, we'll catch a lucky break in that the decreased solar activity will offset the damage we've done for a few decades.
That seems like a good plan, lets bet on that, leaving subsequent generations a well thought out solution dealing with the issue once and for all. Wait a minute... I'm pretty sure that I've seen this approach at dealing with the problem... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8oe-CSA4wQ Ned Dochtermann ***************************************************** Ned Dochtermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unr.nevada.edu/~dochterm/ 775-784-6781 Graduate Group in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology Fleischman Agriculture Building, Room 145 University of Nevada, Reno ***************************************************** Quoting Paul Cherubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3223603.ece > Excerpts: > > "Our Sun has suddenly gone exceptionally quiet. > Months have passed with no spots visible on its disc." > > "Between 1645 and 1715 sunspots were rare. It was also > a time when the Earth's northern hemisphere chilled dramatically." > > "The past decade has been warmer than previous ones. It > is the result of a rapid increase in global temperature between > 1978 and 1998. Since then average temperatures have held at > a high, though steady, level. Many computer climate projections > suggest that the global temperatures will start to rise again in a > few years. But those projections do not take into account the > change in the Sun's behaviour. The tardiness of cycle 24 > indicates that we might be entering a period of low solar > activity that may counteract man-made greenhouse temperature > increases. Some members of the Russian Academy of Sciences > say we may be at the start of a period like that seen between > 1790 and 1820, a minor decline in solar activity called the Dalton > Minimum. They estimate that the Sun's reduced activity may > cause a global temperature drop of 1.5C by 2020. This is larger > than most sensible predictions of man-made global warming > over this period." > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. >
