If you thought National Geographic was going to commit heresy, there are enough vaveats about agw to choke a horse.
In July 2000 the sun was at a peak in activity, as seen by the speckling of sunspots spied by NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. But the sun was a blank disk in March 2009, when it was the quietest it has been since the 1950s.
The current sunspot deficit has caused some scientists to recall the Little Ice Age of the early 1600s and late 1700s, a prolonged, localized cold spell linked to a decline in solar activity.
Images courtesy SOHO, the EIT Consortium, and the MDI Team
1 posted on
05/04/2009 8:20:05 PM PDT by
neverdem
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To: neverdem
“[Global warming] skeptics tend to leap forward,” said Mike Lockwood, a solar terrestrial physicist at the University of Southampton in the U.K. (Get the facts about global warming.) Uh, I'd say the Global Warming idiots are the ones that “leap forward.”
Freaking stupid.
2 posted on
05/04/2009 8:24:05 PM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(When you're RuPaul posing as the wife of the president, you need all the make-up help you can get.)
To: neverdem
3 posted on
05/04/2009 8:24:37 PM PDT by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: neverdem
Algore and his loonies are burning the midnight oil preparing to launch their new and exciting "Global Cooling" campaign. The culprit? Big Gulps and Icees bought at local convinience stores. Al is on the case.
4 posted on
05/04/2009 8:25:11 PM PDT by
FlingWingFlyer
(Politicians always love to talk about "hard work." What the hell would they know about it?)
To: neverdem
5 posted on
05/04/2009 8:26:25 PM PDT by
rdl6989
To: neverdem
“”[Global warming] skeptics tend to leap forward,” said Mike Lockwood, a solar terrestrial physicist ....”
Psychological projection!
To: neverdem
We must immediately raise taxes and increase regulation.
Let the sun know we’re taking this very seriously.
To: neverdem
"I think you have to bear in mind that the CO2 is a good 50 to 60 percent higher than normal, whereas the decline in solar output is a few hundredths of one percent down," Lockwood said. "I think that helps keep it in perspective." Boy, are these idiots going to be embarrassed.
8 posted on
05/04/2009 8:34:06 PM PDT by
Rocky
(OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
To: neverdem
“In general, recent research has been building a case that the sun has a slightly bigger influence on Earth’s climate than most theories have predicted.”
I guess I’m being too simplistic. I’ve always had the assumption that the sun had EVERYTHING to do with our climate.
I love where they’re going with this: Even if the waterways are locked with ice, and people are freezing to death, don’t let your AGW guard down and start using energy to stay warm (movie stars and politicians not included)
9 posted on
05/04/2009 8:34:31 PM PDT by
lacrew
(Axe not what your teleprompter can do for you....)
To: SunkenCiv
11 posted on
05/04/2009 8:35:53 PM PDT by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: neverdem
Even if the current solar lull is the beginning of a prolonged quiet, the scientists say, the star's effects on climate will pale in contrast with the influence of human-made greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). That's called "denial".
To: neverdem
The Earth has been cooling since temps peaked in 1998.
Over a decade of global cooling.
14 posted on
05/04/2009 8:38:51 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: neverdem
American SUVs have done this.
Not to worry — cap and trade will bring back the sunspots.
To: neverdem
"I think you have to bear in mind that the CO2 is a good 50 to 60 percent higher than normal, whereas the decline in solar output is a few hundredths of one percent down," Lockwood said. "I think that helps keep it in perspective." Good Lord. This guy is a scientist?
I suppose as an equally stupid rejoinder one might point out that the sun is much larger than a CO2 molecule.
17 posted on
05/04/2009 8:46:18 PM PDT by
Interesting Times
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To: neverdem
“Even if the current solar lull is the beginning of a prolonged quiet, the scientists say, the star’s effects on climate will pale in contrast with the influence of human-made greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2).”
Chortle.
19 posted on
05/04/2009 8:49:30 PM PDT by
headstamp 2
(Spay or Neuter your liberal today!)
To: neverdem
is a good 50 to 60 percent higher than normal...And makes up what -- 1-2% of total greenhouse gases?
20 posted on
05/04/2009 8:52:17 PM PDT by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: neverdem
In general, recent research has been building a case that the sun has a slightly bigger influence on Earth's climate than most theories have predicted.Ok, that has to be the stupidest statement ever printed.
23 posted on
05/04/2009 8:56:57 PM PDT by
P-Marlowe
(Somebody stole my tagline)
To: neverdem
"There are many uncertainties," said Jose Abreu, a doctoral candidate at the Swiss government's research institute Eawag. "We don't know the sensitivity of the climate to changes in solar intensity. In my opinion, I wouldn't play with things I don't know."
It's a shame Al Gore is too damned stupid to understand this.
25 posted on
05/04/2009 9:00:11 PM PDT by
Post Toasties
(Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
To: neverdem
"I think you have to bear in mind that the CO2 is a good 50 to 60 percent higher than normal, whereas the decline in solar output is a few hundredths of one percent down," Lockwood said. "I think that helps keep it in perspective." 1% of a large number is a much greater influence than 50% of a small number.
As if the solar irradiation were the problem, rather than the magnetic effects and solar wind.
Dipsh*t.
26 posted on
05/04/2009 9:03:58 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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To: neverdem
“preemptive denial”
ROFL.
To: neverdem
He and other researchers are therefore engaged in what they call "preemptive denial" of a solar minimum leading to global cooling.Sorry, but they're not the biggest deniers in the game. The AGW alarmists are.
32 posted on
05/04/2009 9:32:18 PM PDT by
Post Toasties
(Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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