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Sunspot Activity Mimics the Stock Market - Just When You Think It Has Hit Bottom, It Goes Even Lower

04/05/2009 12:17AM

Sunspot Activity Mimics the Stock Market - Just When You Think It Has Hit Bottom, It Goes Even Lower

2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73%). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008. Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87%).


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"The changes so far are not enough to reverse the course of global warming"<br><br><br><br>Wanna Bet?<br><br><br>Global temperatures drop precipitously<br>.<br>Fastest temperature change ever recorded<br>.<br>Nearly wipes out 100 Years of Global Warming<br>____________________________________<br> <br>..<br>26 Feb 08 - Excerpt: All four major global temperature tracking outlets (Hadley, NASA's GISS, UAH, RSS) have released updated data. All show that over the past year, global temperatures have dropped precipitously.<br>. <br> <br>World Temperatures according to the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction <br>Note the steep drop over the last year. <br><br>Meteorologist Anthony Watts compiled the results of all the sources. The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the past 100 years.<br><br>All in one year’s time.<br><br>For all tracking outlets, it's the single fastest temperature change every recorded, either up or down.<br><br> http://www.iceagenow.com/Global_temperatures_drop_precipitously.htm<br><br>

  • jim189 [James Wooten]
  • 04/07/2009 02:17AM
:S In Early 2008 I finally invested in a H-Alpha so I could see some of them LOL<br>