Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 06/29/2008 8:48:08 AM PDT by dascallie
http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=6950
Will Earth's Future Be a FROZEN One? 27-Jun-2008
...rather than a hot one? -
The future? The disappearance of sun spots was the hot topic at a recent international solar conference held at Montana State University. For the past two years, the sun has undergone a phase of relative inactivity, meaning usual solar phenomena such as sun flares, sun spots, and solar eruptions have all but disappeared. "It's a dead face," researcher Saku Tsuneta says of the solar surface. Tsuneta is with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and was one of the participants at the MSU conference The good news is that without such intense solar activity disruptions to space technology and even our beloved gadgets here on earth have been minimal. While this provides some relief to those of us whose cell phones dropped calls at the tiniest solar flare, scientists are concerned that this means bigger things to come for Earth's climate.
Dana Longcope, a solar physicist at MSU, explains that the sun generally runs on an 11-year cycle and that there is usually a minimum of activity as the cycles change. The last cycle peak was in 2001 and the next cycle is predicted to peak around 2012. The sun is now as inactive as it was two years ago, and scientists aren't sure why. Some have even suggested that the inactivity portents the beginning of a new ice age.
Geophysicist Phil Chapman, the first Australian NASA astronaut, confirms that there are indeed no sun spots currently on the solar surface. He also notes that the earth has cooled by about 0.7 degrees Celsius between January 2007 and January 2008, and says, "This is the fastest temperature change in the instrumental record, and it puts us back to where we were in 1930."
Oleg Sorokhtin, a fellow at the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, is also certain that it's an indication of a coming cooling period. He warns that climate change caused by man is "a drop in the bucket" compared to the fierce cold that can inactive solar phases can bring.
In fact, 350 years ago, the sun experienced its longest recorded period of inactivity lasting over 50 years. During the same period, approximately 1650-1700, the earth experienced a "mini" ice age. Some scientists maintain that this was only a coincidence, but others are not as sure.
Dr. Sorokhtin's advice: "Stock up on fur coats."
You know I read somewhere that the equator used to be the polar ice caps and vice versa. I wonder if the volcanoes under the ice caps had anything to do with it or if it was a major asteroid cause it to spin?
We are arrogant to think that we have so much control over climate....but that kind-of arrogance is part of the liberal nature.
Story not to be seen in the msm. It goes against what they want you to think.
Finally, some scientist reports what I experience.
I’m freezing out here in California this morning. Must be that Glo-bull Warming.
Climate is a new thing.
If it starts to get cold, we can get that blowhard alGore to spread his hot air.
I am beginning ti tire of worrying about the future of America, and Earth. I think the nuts, and Dims, have won. Since I believe we are about to see a huge decline in society, I have decided to enjoy today, and let the future be what it will.
Wacky weather indeed...We had 100 yesterday and it is supposed to hit 94 today. Of course next week the temperature should revert to the mean.
Does it really matter? None of us or probably our next 10 generations will be alive anyway.
Me too! Its anti liberal but very very sensible.
I agree. There seems to be a fad with constantly worrying about things that are out of our control. Like you, I’m done with it too. I have enough angst in my life without taking on something like “climate.” Too old for that nonsense.
Only to the degree of continental drift moving continents from lower latitudes to higher ones. The poles have always been colder than the equator.
How right you are, sir, how right you are....
Art Bell talks about the earths axis turning.
Ooohh, thanks. I must have misunderstood what they meant. It wouldn’t be the first time. Of course having three kids saying “mama mama mama” every 10 minutes doesn’t help the ole concentration.
And there is another in your ranks - me.
Latest Weather Channel Headline AP: June 29, 2008
GORE’S GLOBAL FLATULENCE IS NOW FROZEN! CULVER IN IOWA DISMAYED!
I think they manufacture these “crises” just to keep us from seeing what’s really going on, the socialist take-over of our Republic. Now THAT is something worth worrying about.
Well there goes 6 and 10 meter DX down the toilet. 73’s
I just went over to history.com to look it up, and had to wade through two pages of "Earth in Crisis!" "The End is Near!" crap before I could find the listing. Unfortunately, it's not playing again anytime in the next two weeks. I recommend it.
/johnny
This coming week, we will be hearing about congressional hearings to discuss regulating sun-spots. It’s Bush’s fault... those pesky sunspots. /s
You might recognize it by its previous name: weather
Colder? Tell us about it. Here in Alaska we are experiencing the coldest summer I’ve seen in 30 years. Only a few days have we not had the heater going. Some of you folks from the south would think it was winter.
I think there is something to this lack of sunspots thing. Makes sense, as huge as the sun is in comparison to the earth, any slight change on the sun would have great repercussions here on earth. When the sun sneezes we all catch cold.
Here in Seattle we are going through our second consecutive day of record temps - near 95 degrees.
On the other hand, for 100,000 of the last 120,000 years, there was a half mile of glacial ice directly on top of the place where I am now typing.
All things considered, maybe global warming is not such a bad deal.
Glad you folks down the coast are nice and toasty, send some of it up here.
You know I read somewhere that the equator used to be the polar ice caps and vice versa.
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It could not possibly be as you say because the equator is a line cirling the full circumference of the globe while the polar ice caps are like small circles at opposing points on the globe. Just what is it you really mean?
Soooooo - despite what Algore says, the debate ISN'T over...
The Earth is a circle. The area of earth that is now covered in ice, was once an area that is where the equator is.
We could draw a line going in a cross around the earth just as the equator is now, except the polar ice caps would on either side of the middle. Basically, tilt it sideways.
From another post that makes much sense than I am capable of, ha.
Core samples taken from the arctic show fossil remains of tropical plants and animals. Among the things they found:
* Evidence of ice in the Arctic Ocean was found much earlier than formerly believed, about 45 million years ago;
* At one time about 55 million years ago, Arctic temperatures rose to subtropical levels (about 23 degrees Centigrade);
* At one time about 49 million years ago, the Arctic was green, with fresh surface water and large amounts of fern covering the water, at least in summer months.
The more ‘they’ look, the more they find out that they don’t know what the he!! is going on with the climate.
This wasn’t Art Bell, this was the Discovery Channel. Although I don’t that as gospel either, but just quoting what I saw.
I don’t want anyone to think I’m some sort of nutjob that believes that or doesn’t. I don’t know either way, I wasn’t there! Just repeating from a science show.
Read “Fallen Angels” by Niven/Pournelle. They construct a future where the looney Greens are in charge. By then, there is an ice sheet covering all of Canada and advancing on US cities (like Minneapolis and Milwaukee). Despite this, the Government is still worried about global warming, so people can’t burn coal to save themselves from freezing to death. Very scary.
Weather is just a component of this climate thing/
Almost sounds like God might have decided to see how stupid he oculd make the dems look.
been on ART BELL. My mother, (crazy as she is) listens to him all the time. I hear about it regularly.
The more ‘they’ look, the more they find out that they don’t know what the he!! is going on with the climate.
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I have noticed that the accuracy of weather forecasting in my area does not seem to be improving lately.
Thank goodness for global warming. What with record snowfalls in the Rockies and the ice in Antartica 40% greater than last year we'd be in a heap of trouble if we ever get global cooling.
Not the ice age b.s. again.
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