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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J.B.C. who wrote (2674)	6/15/2011 10:09:44 AM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 4326

Maybe hot air from hursty will heat things up, because it looks like the sun ain't going to do it for us. space.com Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop in Solar Activity Some unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening magnetic activity near the poles, could be indications that our sun is preparing to be less active in the coming years. The results of three separate studies seem to show that even as the current sunspot cycle swells toward the solar maximum, the sun could be heading into a more-dormant period, with activity during the next 11-year sunspot cycle greatly reduced or even eliminated. . . . f the models prove accurate and the trends continue, the implications could be far-reaching. "If we are right, this could be the last solar maximum we'll see for a few decades," Hill said. "That would affect everything from space exploration to Earth's climate."