Posted on 11/11/2015 2:17:45 PM PST by CedarDave
New studies flip climate-change notions upside down The sun will go into "hibernation" mode around 2030, and it has already started to get sleepy. At the Royal Astronomical Society's annual meeting in July, Professor Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University in the UK confirmed it - the sun will begin its Maunder Minimum (Grand Solar Minimum) in 15 years. Other scientists had suggested years ago that this change was imminent, but Zharkova's model is said to have near-perfect accuracy.
So what is a "solar minimum"?
Our sun doesn't maintain a constant intensity. Instead, it cycles in spans of approximately 11 years. When it's at its maximum, it has the highest number of sunspots on its surface in that particular cycle. When it's at its minimum, it has almost none. When there are more sunspots, the sun is brighter. When there are fewer, the sun radiates less heat toward Earth.
But that's not the only cooling effect of a solar minimum. A dim sun doesn't deflect cosmic rays away from Earth as efficiently as a bright sun. So, when these rays enter our atmosphere, they seed clouds, which in turn cool our planet even more and increase precipitation in the form of rain, snow and hail.
For now nevertheless, the IPCC and other authoritative agencies are sticking to their CO2-dominant climate-forcing theory. They attribute the cold spells to a disruption in the jet stream caused by Anthropogenic Global Warming. Some of their theories have heads being scratched, for instance the "pause" in global warming they attribute to heat being absorbed deep into the oceans. When Antarctic ice reached record levels in 2013, scientists were "baffled" because the water beneath the ice was warm, they claimed. In climate science old and new, nothing is certain.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationmultimedia.com ...
BTW, thanks for sifting through ‘The Nation’ for us!
Truth is that I got the link from "Drudge."
Every time I see that I laugh myself to tears. I love how he emphasizes “capsize” by leaning to his left. It’s precious.
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They are missing one big point. Visible light does not change much. Other wavelengths drop, not visible light. That means we will have numerous El Ninos as the planet cools. The El Ninos provide the moisture for the glaciers. Otherwise cooling equatorial waters will not generate enough moisture. Global warmist have everything backwards. What a shock. Get ready for one of the worse snow winters of your lifes.
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That ‘Hockey Stick’ crapola was my first thought, too! :)
Joe,
You are so correct!! Indeed it is a Thai publication whose front page looks like it could be from the US. I looked at the US “The Nation” and the stories could as easily be published in Communist “Workers World.”
Thanks for the information - other countries publishing what the US MSM won’t.
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