Global cooling? David Archibald says temperatures are about to dive

Ice Age Now ^ | November 14, 2012 | Robert

[muawiyah]

http://www.space.com/17467-amazing-sun-eruption-solar-prominence-photos.html ~ today ~ looks like the crack in the wall in Dr. Who, but all over the face of the Sun.

Should be good for aurora watchers

[muawiyah]

http://www.space.com/18533-giant-sun-eruption-nasa-video.html or, just go to that one~

[Vince Ferrer]

Good! Maybe we will start to get some decent snow in western Colorado during hunting season. That snow is needed to drive the elk down from the mountains.

Cold is also needed to stop the pine beetles from killing so many pine trees.

[justa-hairyape]

Supposedly the strength of the solar maximum is not directly related to individual solar eruptions. So even in weak cycles you can have major eruptions. Leif is one of the world experts on solar activity and his article below is interesting.

Solar Activity – Past, Present, Future

Several lines of evidence suggest that the Sun is entering a period of low activity, perhaps even a Grand Minimum. Average space weather might be ‘‘milder’’ with decreased solar activity, but the extreme events that dominate technological effects are not expected to disappear.

So as you point out, even during a weak solar cycle, an Earth directed major eruption can occur.

[TBP]

Warming, cooling, same thing. It’s a disaster either way, according to libbies, and it’s our fault — especially that Bush person.