Russ Steele
Several people senior citizen have remarked that his is the strangest spring in their memory. Could we be on the cusp of a Grand Minimum. A paper that appeared in the Journal of Cosmology by S. Duhau and C. de Jager titled The Forthcoming Grand Minimum of Solar Activity indicates we should consider making preparations. Here is the abstract:
One thing that interest me, is that many of the current Cycle 24 spots are very small and come an go rather quickly. I question if the observers in the 1700s and 1800s would be spotting and counting these small spots that appear and disappear rather quickly. It seems to me that our modern sunspot count could be some what inflated.
The Maunder Minimum (1645 to 1715) resulted in a period called the Little Ice Age. The Dalton Minimum (1790 to 1830), resulted in some significant cooling and extended drought on the Pacific Coast. Long term cooling will required some detailed planning by government agencies and communities to survive the disruption in normal food and energy supplies. Are you ready?
Several people senior citizen have remarked that his is the strangest spring in their memory. Could we be on the cusp of a Grand Minimum. A paper that appeared in the Journal of Cosmology by S. Duhau and C. de Jager titled The Forthcoming Grand Minimum of Solar Activity indicates we should consider making preparations. Here is the abstract:
We summarize recent findings about periodicities in the solar tachocline and their physical interpretation. These lead us to conclude that solar variability is presently entering into a long Grand Minimum, this being an episode of very low solar activity, not shorter than a century. A consequence is an improvement of our earlier forecast of the strength at maximum of the present Schwabe cycle (#24). The maximum will be late (2013.5), with a sunspot number as low as 55.
The Maunder Minimum (1645 to 1715) resulted in a period called the Little Ice Age. The Dalton Minimum (1790 to 1830), resulted in some significant cooling and extended drought on the Pacific Coast. Long term cooling will required some detailed planning by government agencies and communities to survive the disruption in normal food and energy supplies. Are you ready?
