Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Ain't No Sunspots...

Well, not none exactly, but Solar Cycle 24 continues to under perform on sunspots and solar radio flux:




































Why does this matter?  Periods of low sunspots abundance and solar activity have been linked to cold weather (See Maunder and Dalton minimums).  Will the sun slip into a long period of reduced activity and producea  new miny Ice Age?  We don't know.  But historically, periods of cold climate have been worse for the human race than warm ones...


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