The sun is blank, NASA data shows it to be dimming

WUWT ^ | 12/15/2017 | Anthony Watts

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As the sun gets successively more blank with each day, due to lack of sunspots, it is also dimming. According to data from NASA’s Spaceweather, so far in 2017, 96 days (27%) of the days observing the sun have been without sunspots. Here is the view today from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite:

Today at Cape Canaveral, SpaceX launched a new sensor to the International Space Station named TSIS-1. Its mission: to measure the dimming of the sun’s irradiance. It will replace the aging SORCE spacecraft. NASA SDO reports that as the sunspot cycle plunges toward its 11-year minimum, NASA satellites are tracking a decline in total solar irradiance (TSI).

Across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, the sun’s output has dropped nearly 0.1% compared to the Solar Maximum of 2012-2014. This plot shows the TSI since 1978 as observed from nine previous satellites:

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The rise and fall of the sun’s luminosity is a natural part of the solar cycle. A change of 0.1% may not sound like much, but the sun deposits a lot of energy on the Earth, approximately 1,361 watts per square meter. Summed over the globe, a 0.1% variation in this quantity exceeds all of our planet’s other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth’s core) combined. A 2013 report issued by the National Research Council (NRC), “The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth’s Climate,” spells out some of the ways the cyclic change in TSI can affect the chemistry of Earth’s upper atmosphere and possibly alter regional weather patterns, especially in the Pacific.

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I combine her info with the Dobbs model for the system (differences in distance to Earth) and yes - it does disrupt. There are disruptions to our magnetosphere, and several other elements of Earth’s system that are not spoken of on MSM or officially. At present there are volcanic eruptions taking place in at least 4 locations off the coast of CA and volcanic rock is washing ashore in Oregon but you don’t hear about that.

NASA finally admitted that there’s some planet or other and says how large it is but “we don’t know how far away it is.” A sheet welder on Youtube had a fit - he said it was his job to know enough geometry to fit metal together and it’s impossible to know how big something is if you don’t know how far away it is. He’s got a point.
Disruptions are taking place. Weather, cosmic rays, x-rays, UV C, magnetosphere, earthquakes etc. The Dobbs model holds that seismic activity will intensify until around Jan 15.
I find Dr. Albers a good source of info.

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Another Ice Age right around the corner.

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that’s the good news ... a major expansion of the sun could follow - in which case you’ll want all the ice you can get ...