Is a mini ice age on the way? Scientists warn the Sun has 'gone to sleep' and say it could cause temperatures to plunge

[Geee]

Daily Mail:

The Sun's activity is at its lowest for 100 years, scientists have warned.

They say the conditions are eerily similar to those before the Maunder Minimum, a time in 1645 when a mini ice age hit, Freezing London's River Thames.

Researcher believe the solar lull could cause major changes, and say there is a 20% chance it could lead to 'major changes' in temperatures.

Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent, as this image shows - despite Nasa forecasting major solar storms+3

Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent, as this image shows - despite Nasa forecasting major solar storms

 

THE SOLAR CYCLE

Conventional wisdom holds that solar activity swings back and forth like a simple pendulum.

At one end of the cycle, there is a quiet time with few sunspots and flares.

At the other end, solar max brings high sunspot numbers and frequent solar storms.

It’s a regular rhythm that repeats every 11 years.

Reality is more complicated.

Astronomers have been counting sunspots for centuries, and they have seen that the solar cycle is not perfectly regular.

'Whatever measure you use, solar peaks are coming down,' Richard Harrison of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire told the BBC.

'I've been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like this.'

He says the phenomenon could lead to colder winters similar to those during the Maunder Minimum.

[Valin]

tap tap...is this on?


AHEM


WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!


You knew that was coming.

[clearvision]

The computer models all predict global warming. Never fear.

[nickydog]

[Valin]

I just looked out the window...Still January...Still Minnesota....You Are Here...

 

[pollyannaish]

Excuse me. This is not a cold snap it is a Polar Vortex.

 

Which oddly kinda reminds me of the early 70s.

[Draggingtree]

Brrrr… Scientists Say Sun’s Activity at Its Lowest in 100 Years – Ice Age Is On Its Way

Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, January 18, 2014, 9:34 AM

2014 started out with a brrr.

Hundreds of cold temperature records were set in January 2014.

(Tywkiwdbi)

Scientists are reporting the Sun’s activity is at its lowest level in 100 years. This may cause another mini ice age like the one in the 17th century.

The Daily Mail reported:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/01/brrrr-scientists-say-suns-activity-at-ists-lowest-in-100-years-ice-age-is-on-its-way/

 

[Valin]

Brrrr… Scientists Say Sun’s Activity at Its Lowest in 100 Years – Ice Age Is On Its Way

Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, January 18, 2014, 9:34 AM

 

2014 started out with a brrr.

Hundreds of cold temperature records were set in January 2014.

(Tywkiwdbi)

Scientists are reporting the Sun’s activity is at its lowest level in 100 years. This may cause another mini ice age like the one in the 17th century.

The Daily Mail reported:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/01/brrrr-scientists-say-suns-activity-at-ists-lowest-in-100-years-ice-age-is-on-its-way/

 

Obviously Richard Harrison has sold out to (cue the ominous music) BIG OIL.

[Valin]

If You See Something, Say Something

MICHAEL E. MANN

JAN. 17, 2014

 

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. THE overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that human-caused climate change is happening. Yet a fringe minority of our populace clings to an irrational rejection of well-established science. This virulent strain of anti-science infects the halls of Congress, the pages of leading newspapers and what we see on TV, leading to the appearance of a debate where none should exist.

 

In fact, there is broad agreement among climate scientists not only that climate change is real (a survey and a review of the scientific literature published say about 97 percent agree), but that we must respond to the dangers of a warming planet. If one is looking for real differences among mainstream scientists, they can be found on two fronts: the precise implications of those higher temperatures, and which technologies and policies offer the best solution to reducing, on a global scale, the emission of greenhouse gases.

 

(Snip)

 

This is where scientists come in. In my view, it is no longer acceptable for scientists to remain on the sidelines. I should know. I had no choice but to enter the fray. I was hounded by elected officials, threatened with violence and more after a single study I co-wrote a decade and a half ago found that the Northern Hemispheres average warmth had no precedent in at least the past 1,000 years. Our hockey stick graph became a vivid centerpiece of the climate wars, and to this day, it continues to win me the enmity of those who have conflated a problem of science and society with partisan politics.

 

 

(Snip)

 

 

 

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[Valin]

If You See Something, Say Something

MICHAEL E. MANN

JAN. 17, 2014

 

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. THE overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that human-caused climate change is happening. Yet a fringe minority of our populace clings to an irrational rejection of well-established science. This virulent strain of anti-science infects the halls of Congress, the pages of leading newspapers and what we see on TV, leading to the appearance of a debate where none should exist.

 

In fact, there is broad agreement among climate scientists not only that climate change is real (a survey and a review of the scientific literature published say about 97 percent agree), but that we must respond to the dangers of a warming planet. If one is looking for real differences among mainstream scientists, they can be found on two fronts: the precise implications of those higher temperatures, and which technologies and policies offer the best solution to reducing, on a global scale, the emission of greenhouse gases.

 

(Snip)

 

This is where scientists come in. In my view, it is no longer acceptable for scientists to remain on the sidelines. I should know. I had no choice but to enter the fray. I was hounded by elected officials, threatened with violence and more after a single study I co-wrote a decade and a half ago found that the Northern Hemispheres average warmth had no precedent in at least the past 1,000 years. Our hockey stick graph became a vivid centerpiece of the climate wars, and to this day, it continues to win me the enmity of those who have conflated a problem of science and society with partisan politics.

 

 

(Snip)

Mann on advocacy and responsibility 254 Comments

 

(Snip)

 

If you see something, say something

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Well, I do like the title of Manns op-ed. Here is what I see. I see a scientist (Michael Mann) making an accusation against another scientist (me) that I am anti-science, with respect to my EPW testimony. This is a serious accusation, particularly since my testimony is part of the Congressional record.

If Mann is a responsible scientist, he will respond to my challenge:

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JC challenge to MM: Since you have publicly accused my Congressional testimony of being anti-science, I expect you to (publicly) document and rebut any statement in my testimony that is factually inaccurate or where my conclusions are not supported by the evidence that I provide.

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During the Hearing, Senator Whitehouse asked me a question about why people refer to me as a contrarian. I said something like the following:

 

(Snip)

 

 

Judy is not a happy camper.

[Valin]

[Valin]

Minnesota's game animals struggle as climate changes
We’ve taken certain steps toward solutions, but we need the will to go the rest of the way
DOUG INKLEY and GARY BOTZEK
January 17, 2014

We Minnesotans have always gotten a thrill at seeing a hulking moose moving through our swamps or forests, or an agile whitetail deer leaping through the woods. Not to mention a black bear crossing the road in front of our cars or one visiting our campsites.

But the survival of many of America’s big game species is not assured, warns a National Wildlife Federation report, “Nowhere to Run: Big Game Wildlife in a Warming World.” Some of America’s most treasured big game animals are at risk because of climate change.

(Snip)




We know what to do. We need the political will to do it. Minnesota’s congressional delegation needs to support President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency in efforts to tackle climate change. We urge Minnesotans to talk to their representatives about the changing outdoors.

 

 

 

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One Word Pal.......EVOLVE....or die.

[Valin]

Neglected Topic Winner: Climate Change

Nicholas Kristof

1/18/14

 

HERES a scary fact about America: Were much more likely to believe that there are signs that aliens have visited Earth (77 percent) than that humans are causing climate change (44 percent).

 

That comes to mind because a couple of weeks ago, I asked readers for suggestions of neglected topics that we in the news business should cover more aggressively in 2014. Some 1,300 readers recommended a broad range of issues, which I look forward to pilfering (with credit!) and many made a particularly compelling case for climate change.

 

A reader from Virginia quoted James Hansen, the outspoken climate scientist: Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now.

 

Another reader, Daria, acknowledged that the topic isnt sexy but added: Whether we believe in it or not, all species on Earth are being subject to frightening disruptions in our weather, food supply, land.

 

(Snip)

 

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WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

 

 

or not

[nickydog]

Oh, yeah, we're all gonna die. Just not right now.