Sunspots surge to 23-year high as solar maximum continues to intensify far beyond initial expectations

Live Science ^ | 09/03/24 | Harry Baker

[xoxox]

Buy ‘em!

[Dalberg-Acton]

The Green New Deal didn’t moderate solar activity?
I’m shocked!

[dayglored]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!

(Oh, wait, maybe not...)

[MtnClimber]

Proof of “Global Warming” and “Climate Change” and “TBD next Scare Tactic”.

[ComputerGuy]

It seems like just yesterday when they were all in a tizzy about the lack of sunspots.

[pfflier]

I think we can expect some unusual weather patterns as a result.

[wbslws]

I am sure Kamala will fix this with a tax to send trillions to the sun.

[BenLurkin]

It’s a recurring cycle.

[ClearCase_guy]

From Wikipedia:

The current scientific consensus on climate change is that solar variations only play a marginal role in driving global climate change

Which sure sounds like BS to me.

[dayglored]

> ...During this active phase, the sun's magnetic field eventually snaps and completely flips,...

I've always thought this is one of the more bizarre and fascinating things about the Sun. The sheer amount of energy represented by a magnetic field of that size, and then to reverse itself? Holy macaroni. Inconceivable.

[ComputerGuy]

The headline writers always make everything a big deal. That’s their job, I guess.

[dayglored]

> Which sure sounds like BS to me.

Probably because is -IS- BS.

[Red Badger]

It’s been unusually hot lately. Must be Climate Change...........or because it was August in Florida.............

[HereInTheHeartland]

This article proves that galactic climate change is real.
If people truly care about the galaxy that will be handed to their children they will act accordingly .

[TexasFreeper2009]

it is almost like.. when the sun intensifies... we get hotter here on Earth..

But we all know it is those evil SUV’s!

LMAO

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Umm, like this has been happening for millions of years, even before humans existed. It has been observed by humans in the past. No surprises. Late 1950s had a particularly strong one.

[dayglored]

> I think we can expect some unusual weather patterns as a result.

Unusual weather, you say? UNUSUAL WEATHER????? More like:

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!

Just sayin'...

[higgmeister]

I'm sure glad we have alternate means of communications nowadays compaired to sixty years ago.   When that guy sang about crackling rosie peed on the board, that was what it's like when sunspots affect HF Radio shots.

[Little Pig]

“23-year high...”

Or, in other words, “over the past two cycles...” so not even as high as the cycle in the 90s (which I was in Saudi for; there was a huge spot visible to the naked eye - when viewed through a heavy sandstorm).