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Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age
Brits at their Best ^ | January 31, 2008

Posted on 02/01/2008 11:10:28 AM PST by george76

The Canadian Space Agency’s radio telescope has been reporting Flux Density Values so low they will mean a mini ice age if they continue.

Like the number of sunspots, the Flux Density Values reflect the Sun’s magnetic activity, which affects the rate at which the Sun radiates energy and warmth. CSA project director Ken Tapping calls the radio telescope that supplies NASA and the rest of the world with daily values of the Sun’s magnetic activity a “stethoscope on the Sun”. In this case, however, it is the “doctor” whose health is directly affected by the readings.

This is because when the magnetic activity is low, the Sun is dimmer, and puts out less radiant warmth. If the Sun goes into dim mode, as it has in the past, the Earth gets much colder.

Tapping, who was originally from Kent, says that “Typically as you go through the ten or eleven year solar activity cycle you see the numbers go up or down. The lowest number is 64 or 68.

The numbers 71 or 72 are very low...

(Excerpt) Read more at britsattheirbest.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: agw; catastrophism; globalwarming; iceage; solar; solaractivity
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1 posted on 02/01/2008 11:10:29 AM PST by george76
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That’s okay, Algore will fix it.........


2 posted on 02/01/2008 11:11:20 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: george76

Is Al Gore aware of this?


3 posted on 02/01/2008 11:11:22 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: george76

Well, wouldn’t that be a kicker.


4 posted on 02/01/2008 11:12:08 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: george76; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; honolulugal; SideoutFred; Ole Okie; ...


FReepmail me to get on or off
Click on POGW graphic for full GW rundown
Dr. John Ray's
GREENIE WATCH


Worth a look....
5 posted on 02/01/2008 11:12:16 AM PST by xcamel (Two-hand-voting now in play - One on lever, other holding nose.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Robert A. Cook, PE

We have been joking around coffee that we may be seeing the Sun about to shut down...

http://www.drao-ofr.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/icarus/www/current_flux.shtml


6 posted on 02/01/2008 11:12:17 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

burn more gas and coal, its a world crisis!!


7 posted on 02/01/2008 11:12:31 AM PST by GeronL
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To: george76

We’ll just have to burn more coal then.


8 posted on 02/01/2008 11:12:44 AM PST by Argus
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To: george76
I've already bought my flux capacitor


9 posted on 02/01/2008 11:14:05 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: george76

We’re all going to have to burn a lot more fossil fuel to offset this global cooling.

If you don’t have an SUV, go buy one now.

Do it for the environment.


10 posted on 02/01/2008 11:14:12 AM PST by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: george76

The Columbia River FROZE enough so that cars could drive across it in the late 40’s, I think......gee...ya think it might have been during a mini global cooling episode? I am sooooo sick of the global warming crap.


11 posted on 02/01/2008 11:14:22 AM PST by goodnesswins (Being Challenged Builds Character! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
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To: george76

I live in Tx.
I say bring it on!


12 posted on 02/01/2008 11:14:26 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: george76; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; conniew; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ..
Who do I sue to get the global warming I was promised?


13 posted on 02/01/2008 11:14:29 AM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: george76
What do we want?
Global Warming!
When do we want it?
Now!
14 posted on 02/01/2008 11:15:02 AM PST by NonValueAdded (What Would Hobson Choose?)
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To: george76
It's a darn good thing, because Global Warming Increases Zombie Attacks.
15 posted on 02/01/2008 11:15:24 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"Coldest winter in a century, ice age is coming, and I just made $100 million smack-a-roos selling carbon credits to these suckers... I LOVE MYSELF! I DO, I DO, I DO.... Global warming! "the debate is over!' 'We're all gonna die!' LOL!!!! Suckers!!!"


16 posted on 02/01/2008 11:15:59 AM PST by avacado
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To: george76

Guess Al Gore wasn’t aware of this gadget that can see thru his big lie.


17 posted on 02/01/2008 11:16:01 AM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: xcamel; Gondring; BIGLOOK

The Maunder Minimum.

Early records of sunspots indicate that the Sun went through a period of inactivity in the late 17th century. Very few sunspots were seen on the Sun from about 1645 to 1715 ...

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml


18 posted on 02/01/2008 11:16:11 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
al gore
19 posted on 02/01/2008 11:16:41 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: avacado

I wonder if they’ll take away his Nobel prize...


20 posted on 02/01/2008 11:17:01 AM PST by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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