Category Archives: Solar

Solar grand minima linked to cooling period in Europe

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Regional atmospheric circulation shifts induced by a grand solar minimum by Celia Martin-Puertas, Katja Matthes, Achim Brauer, Raimund Muscheler, Felicitas Hansen, Christof Petrick, Ala Aldahan, Göran Possnert & Bas van GeelNature Geoscience 2012 doi:10.1038/ngeo1460 Editors Note: Emphasis Added Large changes in … Continue reading →

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Did exploding stars help life on Earth to thrive?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Russ Steele Today the Royal Astronomical Society in London publishes Henrik Svensmark’s latest paper entitled “Evidence of nearby supernovae affecting life on Earth”. After years of effort Svensmark shows how the variable frequency of stellar explosions not far from our … Continue reading →

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Sun may soon have four poles, say researchers

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Russ Steele This is very interesting and I will be looking for other scientist to report their analysis of this findings. First time I ever hear of a four pole sun, though it could have happend before, but scientists lacked … Continue reading →

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Solar Climate Change Could Cause Colder Climate on Earth

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Russ Steele The main story is at the Space Daily and it about the impact of solar changes on communications satellites, spacecraft, and high altitude flyers. However, this latest research on reduced solar activity could have a major impact our … Continue reading →

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Grand Minimum of Maunder Category Possible

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Russ Steele I received a nice comment from Jan-Erik Solheima letting me know that the following paper has finally been published and it is available HERE. A pdf version is also available. Abstract:  Relations between the length of a sunspot cycle … Continue reading →

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The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Russ Steele Norway scientists Jan-Erik Solheim, Kjell Stordahl & Ole Humlum have submitted a paper showing a relationship between solar activity and earth based temperatures in Norway. Abstract Relations between the length of a sunspot cycle and the average temperature … Continue reading →

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More Proof that Cosmic Rays Influence Our Climate

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Russ Steele Nigel Calder writes on his Calder Updates blog there is now more proof that cosmic rays influence the earth’s climate.  Calder co-wrote The Chilling Stars, with Henrik Svensmark, who conducted the initial experiments on cosmic ray cloud formation. … Continue reading →

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The Sun In A Funk- Sun Spots Not Rising (Updated 03-02)

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Russ Steele Anthony Watts has the story at WUWT in his post: The sun is still in a funk: sunspot numbers are dropping when they should be rising I suggest interested readers check out the whole post at WUWT.  It has … Continue reading →

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Solar Cycle 25 and Next Grand Minimum

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Russ Steele David Rose writes in the UK Daily Mail that we need to forget about global warming and worry about Solar Cycle 25. The UK Met office has released new figures showing no global warming for the last 15 … Continue reading →

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First Estimate of Solar Cycle 25 Amplitude – end of Modern Warm Period?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

First Estimate of Solar Cycle 25 Amplitude – may be the smallest in over 300 years In a guest post by David Archibald at Watts Up With That he suggest based on the current data that we are about to see … Continue reading →

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