Our quiet Sun - another report
I
posted yesterday about a new book that posits that the Sun is the main driver for our climate and that we may be headed for an extended period of cooling.
Now this -- from
Watts Up With That:
Newsbytes: Sun�s Bizarre Activity May Trigger Another Little Ice Age (Or Not)
From the GWPF and Dr. Benny Peiser
�Weakest Solar Cycle In Almost 200 Years�
The sun is acting bizarrely and scientists have no idea why. Solar activity is in gradual decline, a change from the norm which in the past triggered a 300-year-long mini ice age. We are supposed to be at a peak of activity, at solar maximum. The current situation, however, is outside the norm and the number of sunspots seems in steady decline. The sun was undergoing �bizarre behaviour� said Dr Craig DeForest of the society. �It is the smallest solar maximum we have seen in 100 years,� said Dr David Hathaway of Nasa. �Dick Ahlstrom, The Irish Times, 12 July 2013
The fall-off in sunspot activity still has the potential to affect our weather for the worse, Dr Elliott said. �It all points to perhaps another little ice age,� he said. �It seems likely we are going to enter a period of very low solar activity and could mean we are in for very cold winters.� And while the researchers in the US said the data showed a decline in activity, they had no way to predict what that might mean for the future.
More at the site -- could be a bumpy ride out there...
Posted by DaveH at July 15, 2013 8:49 PM