Maybe solar cycle 24 hasn't started after all

TimBikes · 02-14-2008, 05:07 PM

In January I posted thread on solar cycle 24 starting. It now appears that this could have been a false alarm. There seem to be some very strange happenings on the sun.

"Given the current quietness of the sun and it’s magnetic field, combined with the late start to cycle 24 with even possibly a false start, it appears that the sun has slowed it’s internal dynamo to a similar level such as was seen during the Dalton Minimum."

"No wonder there is so much talk recently about global cooling. I certainly hope that’s wrong, because a Dalton type solar minimum would be very bad for our world economy and agriculture."

If this turns out to be accurate, it is downright disturbing in its implications.

02-14-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
TimBikes Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: WA Posts: 1,850 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 3 Thanked 21 Times in 12 Posts Friends: 0	Maybe solar cycle 24 hasn't started after all In January I posted thread on solar cycle 24 starting. It now appears that this could have been a false alarm. There seem to be some very strange happenings on the sun. "Given the current quietness of the sun and it’s magnetic field, combined with the late start to cycle 24 with even possibly a false start, it appears that the sun has slowed it’s internal dynamo to a similar level such as was seen during the Dalton Minimum." "No wonder there is so much talk recently about global cooling. I certainly hope that’s wrong, because a Dalton type solar minimum would be very bad for our world economy and agriculture." If this turns out to be accurate, it is downright disturbing in its implications.

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