Hi!
> I still wonder about your conspiracy suspicions. To me it seems
> exceptionally unlikely that worldwide al the solar "experts" are conspiring
> together to keep the rest of us in the dark about upcoming disaster..
Asking about the sunspots to a solar astrophysics (where I work), he
told me that the spots has about 6 months of delay for what is
predicted (based only on the past cycles, as each one is completely
different in the details from each other). Usually the start of them
has a big slope, which does not happens yet with this expected new
one.
He said there are currently two theories:
a) We are moving towards a minimum, like Maunder's one.
b) The next cycle will start, as usual, but its maximum will be THE
maximum so far.
About how this will affect Earth temperature, disregarding the human
activity, he says Earth temperature behavior is not symmetrical in
respect to solar activity, i.e., less activity means lower temps.
range than higher activity.
Also, they are not thinking - yet - on ringing the alarm :-)
-- Diego.
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