SeasonsGreetings wrote: And now for an alternate view:
"Little Ice Age" sun won't stop global warming
(Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
A weakening of solar activity in recent years, linked to fewer sunspots, would cut at most 0.3 degree Celsius (0.5 F) from a projected rise in temperatures by 2100 if it becomes a long-lasting "Grand Minimum" of brightness, they said.
"The notion that we are heading for a new Little Ice Age if the sun actually entered a Grand Minimum is wrong," Georg Feulner, lead author of the study at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said in a statement.
Despite a deep winter chill in parts of Europe and North America, January 2010 was the equal second warmest January worldwide since records began in the 19th century, according to NASA data. The warmest January was in 2007.
This is where I have to laugh, predicting solar eclipses is fairly easy because the sun and planets move in predictable ways, (sun moves in the galaxy), but predicting the sun spots haven't been as easy. We know the sunspot cycle but don't know how bad it will be. Nor if we are moving into a dirtier part of the galaxy that will prevent all the sun's energy from reaching us.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
SeasonsGreetings wrote: And now for an alternate view:
"Little Ice Age" sun won't stop global warming
(Reuters) - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
A weakening of solar activity in recent years, linked to fewer sunspots, would cut at most 0.3 degree Celsius (0.5 F) from a projected rise in temperatures by 2100 if it becomes a long-lasting "Grand Minimum" of brightness, they said.
"The notion that we are heading for a new Little Ice Age if the sun actually entered a Grand Minimum is wrong," Georg Feulner, lead author of the study at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, said in a statement.
Despite a deep winter chill in parts of Europe and North America, January 2010 was the equal second warmest January worldwide since records began in the 19th century, according to NASA data. The warmest January was in 2007.
This is where I have to laugh, predicting solar eclipses is fairly easy because the sun and planets move in predictable ways, (sun moves in the galaxy), but predicting the sun spots haven't been as easy. We know the sunspot cycle but don't know how bad it will be. Nor if we are moving into a dirtier part of the galaxy that will prevent all the sun's energy from reaching us.
Exactly, predicting a sun spot is like predicting the passing of flatus.
