Archibald paper supports Dalton Minimum Returns

Russ Steele

The Heartland Institute, is sponsoring 2008 International Conference on Climate Change,  March 2 - March 4, 2008 in New York City.

The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change is the first major international conference to focus on issues and questions not answered by advocates of the theory of man-made global warming.

David Archibald will present a paper at this conference: Solar Cycle 24: Implications for the United States

Do we live in a special time in which the laws of physics and nature are suspended? No, we do not. Can we expect relationships between the Sun’s activity and climate, that we can see in data going back several hundred years, to continue for at least another 20 years? With absolute certainty.

In this presentation, I will demonstrate that the Sun drives climate, and use that demonstrated relationship to predict the Earth’s climate to 2030. It is a prediction that differs from most in the public domain. It is a prediction of imminent cooling.

You can download Archibald's paper here: Solar_Arch_NY_Mar2_08.pdf I will be highlighting sections of this paper where it supports the Dalton Minimum Returns.  It could be even worse, a return to a Maunder Minimum. I am hoping for a Dalton Return.

H/T to Anthony Watts for sending me this paper.

Comments

[bill-tb]

Very interesting paper. I wonder how this is going to be received ...

[Richard Frei]

Yikes!! Someone needs to get to Senator McCain, take a towel, soak it in ice-cold water, slap him across the face (gently, of course), hand him this report when his attention is focused and say, "Wake Up! Read this and realize we need you to wake up the rest of the country. Now!" There needs to be a serious discussion during the upcoming Presidential campaign of the folly of pursuing economic/social/environmental AGW policies when the science is beginning to point in a very different direction.

[austin]

Can we call it the Hansen Minimum?

[Philip_B]

We remain at zero, or close to, sunspots. I predict this will become a hot topic in the next 12 months, as (if) temperatures continue to decline.

Keep up the good work.

[Otter]

I disagree, Phillip: I think the leftist msm will ignore it as long as possible. Or at least until the goreacle can figure out how to take advantage of it.