Sunspot Cycle news

[DrLeftover]

Well, maybe the Sun does influence the climate on Earth after all.



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WASHINGTON (AFP) – For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the opposite.



According to three studies released in the United States on Tuesday, experts believe the familiar sunspot cycle may be shutting down and heading toward a pattern of inactivity unseen since the 17th century.



The signs include a missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles, said experts from the National Solar Observatory and Air Force Research Laboratory.



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Experts are now probing whether this period of inactivity could be a second Maunder Minimum, which was a 70-year period when hardly any sunspots were observed between 1645-1715, a period known as the Little Ice Age. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun





And more here:

http://www.space.com/11960-fading-sunspots-slower-solar-activity-solar-cycle.html

 

[Evil Eye]

Sure it influences it... try removing it.

Anyhow, whoo! Less radiation...

Shame we'll get less cool pictures and videos though.

 

[DrLeftover]

Sorry about the typo in the thread title. Maybe a Mod will fix it.



Thank you.