Posted on 05/20/2020 8:33:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The last time this occurred was between 1650 and 1715, during what's known as the Little Ice Age in Earth's Northern Hemisphere...
Scientists have known this solar minimum was coming because it's a regular aspect of the sun's cycle. Sunspots were peaking in 2014, with low points beginning in 2019, according to NASA.
The sun is also responsible for what's known as space weather, sending particles and cosmic rays streaming across our solar system. The sun's strongly magnetised sunspots release solar flares, which can send X-rays and ultraviolet radiation hurtling toward Earth.
Even when the sun is quiet during the solar minimum, it can be active in other ways, like coronal holes that open in the sun's atmosphere and send out blazing streams of energised particles flying through the solar system on rapid solar wind.
Much like solar flares, these streams of particles during a solar minimum can disrupt the communication and GPS we rely on from satellites.
"We see these holes throughout the solar cycle, but during solar minimum, they can last for a long time — six months or more."
More highly energetic particles called galactic cosmic rays can reach Earth, specifically its upper atmosphere, during a solar minimum. These are created by explosions across our Milky Way galaxy, like supernovae.
"During solar minimum, the sun's magnetic field weakens and provides less shielding from these cosmic rays," Mr Pesnell said.
"This can pose an increased threat to astronauts traveling through space."
This solar minimum ends solar cycle 24. Early predictions estimated the peak of solar cycle 25 will occur in July 2025, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The solar cycle forecast is based on a NOAA and NASA co-chaired international panel. They agree that solar cycle 25 will be similar to cycle 24.
(Excerpt) Read more at 9news.com.au ...
"The warming caused by the greenhouse gas emissions from the human burning of fossil fuels is six times greater than the possible decades-long cooling from a prolonged Grand Solar Minimum," NASA scientists wrote. "Even if a Grand Solar Minimum were to last a century, global temperatures would continue to warm."
Hell I’m trying to do my part to keep it warm, own 2 SUV’s and a motorhome, can’t afford more!
It was Snowing here yesterday
We’ve been told by scientists that the Sun can’t affect our climate to any appreciable extent because it’s power output stays effectively the same, regardless of sunspots.
So global warmist scientists would say there’s no chance of downward temperature changes from this.
95° here in Houston. We’re ready for the Li’l Ice Age.
Last night Peavine (north west Reno) got some snow and it was 38 overnight. Pretty sure the snow level was around 6,000 so not too far above our house. Some in the rest of the Sierras too.
Where would that be approx.?
Heck, I’m running heat from late September at times well into May now the last 10-15 years. Must be Global Cooling.
Spring is getting much cooler and winters seems to start a bit later.
Oh for the love of Pete. Are we back to the ice age thing again? That’s what was being cycled back in grade school - and that was many moons ago. We need a new definition of expert as the person in the room you completely ignore.
We are still in an Ice Age - the Quaternary (Defined to be a period of cyclic continental glaciations). You are in a 10,000-15,000 warming lull, enjoy it.
Oh boy! The COMING ICE AGE scare of the 1970s is coming back again!
Some further bleating from the “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!” crowd.
*yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn*
***But the “experts” say that man-made warming is going to stop it this time. ***
POPULAR SCIENCE, Feb 1980..
PS/What’s News ....
page 73
Changing the weather intentionally or otherwise weather modification..(Earth cooling vs Greenhouse effect)
“Do you suppose we can learn enough, soon enough, to pull off a balancing act with the CO2 blanket saving us from another ice age?”
they cannot stop lying
We never left the Ice Age.
see post 10
Look at the bright side....the polar bears won’t drown
Can someone let me know when we are a few days away from certain devastation? I want to go out with a bang.
The projection in that chart for cycle 25 rising above 24 is a joke.
Past predictions for cycle 24 were higher than 23, and look where 24 ended up.
It’s no Maunder/Dalton/Sporer minimum we are facing: It’s gonna be ManBearPig minimum.
Currently 57 degrees in north Atlanta right now at 12:00PM....weird for late May....but I’ll take it! The ‘90s are on their way
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