Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop in Solar Activity

Space.com ^ | June 14, 2011 | Denise Chow

[Interesting Times]

Some unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening magnetic activity near the poles, could be indications that our sun is preparing to be less active in the coming years.

The results of three separate studies seem to show that even as the current sunspot cycle swells toward the solar maximum, the sun could be heading into a more-dormant period, with activity during the next 11-year sunspot cycle greatly reduced or even eliminated.

The results of the new studies were announced today (June 14) at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society, which is being held this week at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

[Interesting Times]

Multiple studies are now confirming an unusual reduction in solar activity. We may be entering a period of significantly colder weather akin to the Dalton or Maunder minimums of centuries ago.

[Interesting Times]

Global cooling ping.

[Interesting Times]

Oops.

A much better global cooling ping.

[rokkitapps]

it would be kind of funny / karmic if God sent us into an ice age after the global warming hysterics of the past 15 years... al gore would still be blaming the ice age on global warming.

[Rudder]

I read just the opposite no longer than a couple of weeks ago.

[George from New England]

or from the movie: 2010

the activity reduced, lessened, and went out just before the implosion.

[Sacajaweau]

These sky watchers don’t have the slightest idea of what is actually occuring. It’s simply an unending diary of events with no sound conclusions because there are too many unknowns.

[CornBred]

Yesterday we had a heat index of 108 according to my outside temperature gauge.

Today we expect the same.

I wish it would get cooler. You can barely breathe in this heat.

[ClearCase_guy]

Quick! We must de-industrialize Western Civilization! It's the only way to fix this!

Oh -- and we must raise taxes too!

[Yo-Yo]

al gore would still be blaming the ice age on global warming.

Of course he would. Remember the end of the movie The Day After Tomorrow?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Ping

[rokkitapps]

speaking of reading the opposite.. ever notice every couple of months a coffee study comes out that either shows that is causes or cures cancer. the studies seem to alternate..

[varmintman]

God’s plan to make democrats look stupid.....

[Interesting Times]

I read just the opposite no longer than a couple of weeks ago.

No doubt. The media is still flogging their dead warming horse, despite the absence of any actual warming. They have far too much invested in that particular lie to stop.

[GOPJ]

If liberals think they're having a tough time selling global warming now, just wait a few years...

Then again they've already started pushing the 'we're running out of water and we're all gonna die" thing. That should be fun - another 20 years wasted having to debunk one more massive liberal elite scare story (lie).

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[PeteB570]

Ping for later reading

[21twelve]

I’ve been saying that ever since Gore brought this crap up that cooling was going to happen before warming. I just hope that it isn’t a true ice age - but it very well could be. We are well past due for one if looking at the past cycles is any indication.

[houeto]

I guess it's time to dust off this cover.

[Interesting Times]

These sky watchers don’t have the slightest idea of what is actually occuring. It’s simply an unending diary of events with no sound conclusions because there are too many unknowns.

If you read the article, you will learn that the solar jet stream was used to accurately predict Cycle 24, which came in much later and weaker than most other sources, including NASA, anticipated. By now, the stream for the next cycle should be well underway. It isn't.