"New Maunder Minimum Coming?" - September 21 Breaks The Record For Most Sea Ice Ever Measured At Either Pole. (Real Science).
On September 21, Antarctica had the most sea ice ever measured at either pole – 19,514,000 km². The extent of southern hemisphere sea ice has increased dramatically since the start of satellite records in 1979.
Most people with an IQ over 30 understand that ice forms when the air is cold, but this seems to exclude a significant number of government scientists.
Related: The Weakest Solar Cycle in 100 Years
Related: The Weakest Solar Cycle in 100 Years
Scientists are struggling to explain the Sun’s bizarre recent behavior. Is it a fluke, or a sign of a deeper trend?
Penn offered another, more catastrophic option: the sunspot cycle might die altogether. His team uses sunspot spectra to measure their magnetic fields, and his data show a clear trend: the magnetic field strength in sunspots is waning.
Penn's research shows that sunspots' magnetic field strength is declining over time. Sunspots can only form if the magnetic field is greater than around 1,500 Gauss, so if the trend continues, we could be headed for a time where no spots appear on the Sun's surface.
M. Penn: “If this trend continues, there will be almost no spots in Cycle 25, and we might be going into another Maunder Minimum,” Penn states. The first Maunder Minimum occurred during the second half of the 17th century. Almost no spots were seen on the Sun during this time, which coincided with Europe’s Little Ice Age.
Related: The Sun That Did Not Roar
Related: The Sun That Did Not Roar
No comments:
Post a Comment