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Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade
The Register ^ | June 14, 2011 | Lewis Page

Posted on 06/14/2011 4:30:58 PM PDT by Salgak

Physicists say sunspot cycle is 'going into hibernation'

What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age.

The announcement made on 14 June (18:00 UK time) comes from scientists at the US National Solar Observatory (NSO) and US Air Force Research Laboratory. Three different analyses of the Sun's recent behaviour all indicate that a period of unusually low solar activity may be about to begin.

The Sun normally follows an 11-year cycle of activity. The current cycle, Cycle 24, is now supposed to be ramping up towards maximum strength. Increased numbers of sunspots and other indications ought to be happening: but in fact results so far are most disappointing. Scientists at the NSO now suspect, based on data showing decades-long trends leading to this point, that Cycle 25 may not happen at all.

This could have major implications for the Earth's climate. According to a statement issued by the NSO, announcing the research:

An immediate question is whether this slowdown presages a second Maunder Minimum, a 70-year period with virtually no sunspots [which occurred] during 1645-1715.

(Excerpt) Read more at theregister.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; climate; economy; globalwarming; hoax; iceage; maunder; shtf; teotwawki; warming
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To: no-to-illegals; ApplegateRanch; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; ...

Thanks no-to-illegals and ApplegateRanch for the pings.


101 posted on 06/15/2011 3:45:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: B4Ranch
I am not trying to be rude but can you tell us all exactly how accurate SolarHam.com is with their predictions about solar activity.

SolarHam does not originate it, he provides an aggregation point from a lot of sources. The first chart was from NASA at http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/images/ssn_predict_l.gif and the second chart was created from data from NOAA/SWPC (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space Weather Prediction Center) by http://www.solen.info/

102 posted on 06/15/2011 5:33:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: B4Ranch
Addendum to my prior post: The graph predicting the solar cycle comes from NASA, and they've been modifying their prediction model practically every month as new data comes in. I've been saving their old graphs (some recovered from internet archives). In July 2007 they were predicting cycle 24 would peak in 2011 at around 150 (higher peak than cycle 23 at 120). In November 2009, as cycle 24 was delayed in starting, they shifted their estimate to a peak of 80 in 2013. In February 2011 they had the peak as 58. Now they have it as 70 in 2013.

My personal suspicion is that they were right the first time as to the peak occurring in 2011, but were very wrong in the predicted level. I suspect that we're at the peak, or close to it, and that this cycle will resemble the Dalton Minimum. If cycle 24 looks like it's on a down swing in late fall, stock up, because we may have a bad winter and a bad planting season in 2012.

103 posted on 06/15/2011 5:49:45 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Psalm 144
Figured it was spelling. I thought it was humorous that your spelling was, apparently, unique. And that Google Images had only three pictures for that word -- and all three were from the active FR thread that we were still discussing.

That tells me that FR is probably pretty high in Google's searching sequence...

No harm intended; just a whimsical look at the Internet's quirks. '-)

104 posted on 06/15/2011 9:38:51 AM PDT by TXnMA (There is no Constitutional right to NOT be offended.)
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To: PapaBear3625

It might be time to do some greenhouse material gathering is what you’re saying, huh? Have you caught the threads where the state and feds are jumping on people whose ‘garden is too big? Trying to stop people from selling or even giving away their crops.

I’ve been trying to think of a way around that and the only thing I can come up with is to get neighbors to say they are growing crops with you, kind of a community garden idea.

Yes Inspector, I did help pay for the seeds. We divided the costs up amongst the ten of us. I don’t know much about planting seeds so I offered to pick weeds and help water. Yessir, she is going to teach us how to can the vegetables.


105 posted on 06/15/2011 10:04:06 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: B4Ranch
The world is entering into "interesting times".

Various socialist welfare states in Europe are on the edge of bankruptcy. Third World countries like Egypt are seeing food prices soar and income to buy food shrink. Saudi may be experiencing a peak in their ability to deliver oil, causing higher prices. Increasing numbers of people are seeing that the value of what they produce is below the cost to feed and shelter them. The next five years may turn very ugly.

106 posted on 06/15/2011 10:12:20 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: Salgak

107 posted on 06/15/2011 12:24:33 PM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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To: jonrick46

...or one could conclude that sunscreen ingredients are becoming ever more carcinogenic. ;^)


108 posted on 06/15/2011 12:32:42 PM PDT by Jack of all Trades (Hold your face to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.)
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To: Salgak; All

I mostly agree about the furnace, and logs, but the cost for fuel for the SUV may be out of sight if the world needs a lot more fuel to keep warm.


109 posted on 06/15/2011 1:52:04 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: PapaBear3625; B4Ranch; SunkenCiv; All

We may be coming back to the times of the “Victory Garden”. With unemployment way up, perhaps some businesses could hire people for 9 or 10 months and pay them 12 months of salary at a reduced rate, so they can do some serious gardening and preserving for several months. There are some teaching situations already where the teachers can choose to work 10 months at full salary devided into 10, or work 10 months but get paid during 12 months at a 10/12th rate each month.


110 posted on 06/15/2011 10:45:11 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Salgak

Since we are in a brief period BETWEEN Ice Ages right now, this could happen at any time.


111 posted on 06/15/2011 10:48:52 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: gleeaikin

When the Little Ice Age began, it was rapid — the springs were cold with rain in torrents, destroyed the already-planted seed, and led to widespread famine. The areas high in latitude and/or altitude that had been supportive of farming during the Medieval Warming ceased to be, and remain so. Of course, most of us can have gardens, and the intensive method (”Square Foot Gardening” etc) would produce way more than we could use. Better not turn the excess into ethanol though, that’s just immoral. /jk


112 posted on 06/16/2011 4:19:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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It’s fake.


113 posted on 06/18/2011 7:42:59 AM PDT by yekimak
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To: Iron Munro; Covenantor
Isn't this where we came in?

No. There was a Newsweek cover having to do with a coming ice age. Here are the 4 covers for Time for April, 1977.
114 posted on 06/18/2011 8:10:04 AM PDT by aruanan
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