Neanderthals ~ Ancient Europe - Ancient History Blog

Just how old are some of their tools!

http://ancientstandard.com/category/ancient-europe/

The flip flops of the magnetic field of the sun and earth's weather patterns

The length of time between solar magnetic field flip flops seems to matter!

http://nextgrandminimum.wordpress.com/

Trading the Sun : The influence of the sun on the financial markets and the macro economy :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

How affective / subconciously influentual on human emotions are the flip flops in the sun's magnetic fields. We like to think we are independent of such hidden forces, but sun shine makes people feel good, especially in winter months in the northern hemisphere. Sun certainly influences plant growth and agriculture. The sun's rays are almost pure energy waiting to be tapped by all living creatures!

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article33586.html

Magnetic Cycles

Here is a very clear explanation of the flip flop in the solar magnetic field every 11 yeas and why the Mayan calendar calls for a flip flop in 2012 of the Earth's magnetic field. That this may be a significant event this year is still anyone's guess. That the sun's magnetic field will flip this year is pretty well a certainty. Do you know why?

http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/magnetic-cycles.html

The unusual minimum of sunspot cycle 23 caused by meridional plasma flow variations : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Explanation in Nature for cycle 23 minimum!

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/full/nature09786.html

Solar events

Scratches on the sun's surface! Big solar events occuring right now!

http://www.earthfiles.com/index.php#Sunspot1429Mar11

Solar cycle « Earthfiles Podcast

Is this the strongest maximum for four hundred years?

http://www.earthfiles333.com/tag/solar-cycle/

Space weather risks - an overview from AGCS

It's an interesting concept!

http://www.agcs.allianz.com/insights/expert-risk-articles/space-weather-risk/

The brutal cold of the Maunder Minimum and the Great Irish Frost « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Dennis Avery's discussion in the article referenced below on my rereading does not make a whole lot of sense unless you delve deeper into solar machinations. He should be focusing on the disappearance of sun spots emerging in specific areas of the sun and not the totals of sunspots. There is a lag in the upswing of a cycle in the polarward branch of sun spots that lies below a downswing of equatorward branch. The measured count of sun spots is the sum of two parts. If one part is not forming, the lag of its ultimate effect is also not forming.

Avery is in effect warning us that a delay in the polar upswing of sunspots presages a smaller count in total sun spots, at least in the cycle 25. What happens in later cycles to produce a minimum cannot be assumed from such a small sample of data. In other words, it is still too early to be alarmist. The possibility of a cold age has risen, but the probability has remained somewhat the same as always.

Making predictions from such a small data base is alarmist and unnecessarily precient.

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/05/the-brutal-cold-of-the-maunder-minimum-and-the-great-irish-frost/

The brutal cold of the Maunder Minimum and the Great Irish Frost « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Who would discuss such a concept as a new mini ice age?

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/05/the-brutal-cold-of-the-maunder-minimum-and-the-great-irish-frost/

It's great that science does not have all the answers.

Major Drop in Solar Activity Predicted: Little Ice Age, part II? « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Wonder what the currents within the sun are really up to? Or, are some scientists creating 'facts' to suit another agenda? Who knows?

http://joannenova.com.au/2011/09/major-drop-in-solar-activity-predicted-little-ice-age/

It's important to see the facts beneath the facts that betray the facts above the facts. This is literally the ase in how the sun creates sun spots that drive the earth's heat cycle. Were the sun to shift into lower gear, we would all wonder why we burned up so much oil. We need to conserve energy for a colder rainy day. Seems odd while the weather is so warm we are convinced of global warming and the need to conserve energy so as not to over heat?

Why NASA will fire five rockets in five minutes - CSMonitor.com

High altitude jet streams are not the usual jet streams mentioned in wether forecasts. At a very high altitude they move at very high speed, more than expected. Scientists want to find out why so fast?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0314/Why-NASA-will-fire-five-rockets-in-five-minutes

New energy: climate change and sustainability shape a new era - CSMonitor.com

We all need to be better informed!

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/1108/New-energy-climate-change-and-sustainability-shape-a-new-era

Topic: Public Library of Science - CSMonitor.com

Interesting jumping off point!

http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Public+Library+of+Science