Solar Minimum Deepens [cosmic rays to increase]

Space Weather ^ | Monday, July 30, 2018 | Editors

[SunkenCiv]

• The Massive Mars Dust Storm Is Starting to Die Down [2018]
• See How Huge the Monster Dust Storm on Mars Is in This Stunning Image [2018]
• NASA rover knocked out as gigantic dust storm envelops Mars [2018]
• Huge Dust Storm on Mars Hits NASA's Opportunity Rover [2018]

[UnwashedPeasant]

Manmade Solar Warming.

The only solution is less Freedom and more Government.

[RickGee]

So, sunscreen tomorrow?

[MCF]

Unusually hot and very dry in middle and Southern Norway and much of Sweden.

[SunkenCiv]

Couldn’t hurt.

[Nifster]

We are headed for a mini ice age

[Nifster]

It’s summer time

[TexasTransplant]

Dang I was getting really worried today! It was SO Hot!
Then about 9 PM it started cooling off... what ever algore did, he needs to do it more!

[gleeaikin]

We are having record rain in the mid Atlantic states. Baltimore has had over 15 inches of rain in July. Of course, we still have a way to go to beat Houston.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, even the Demagogic Party's media smear machine can't sell that one.

[SunkenCiv]

What do you suppose the Sun had been doing in the billions of years before the discovery of sunspots and other surface phenomena? :^) Like the late Alan Bean after his return from the Moon, be glad the Earth has weather.

[Nifster]

The sun has been the sun whether we pay attention to it or not

[PIF]

Earth 2.3 billion and 700 million years ago where the Earth nearly froze completely. The same theory on the cause of the Younger Dryas.

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Except that the Younger Dryas is more closely linked to a comet fragment strike. Search: the Carolina Bays.

[sneakers]

"We are headed for a mini iceage."

Yep, I believe this solar minimum is called the "Eddy Minimum".

[Nifster]

The Maunder Minimum

[sneakers]

The Maunder Minimum lasts from 1645 to about 1715. I guess solar minimums occur approximately every 206 years. The Dalton minimum ended around 1820 so we’re due. The current minimum is named for John Eddy. I’m no expert, just an old woman who finds the subject fascinating! :-)

[mewzilla]

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie?

Worth a shot...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Only gonna be 78 degrees in Hotlanta today and tomorrow. It’s heavenly.

[Wuli]

“Cosmic rays are the subatomic debris of dying stars, accelerated to nearly light speed by supernova explosions. They travel across the galaxy and approach Earth from all directions, peppering our planet 24/7. When cosmic rays crash into Earth’s atmosphere, they produce a spray of secondary particles and photons that is most intense at the entrance to the stratosphere. This secondary spray is what we measure.”

The extent/measure of the effects of these events on the climate and weather is largely uncharted, even though there is some historic correlations between the sun cycles and earth’s climate.