Solar Cycle 24 - Predicting Space Weather and Earth Impact

Michael Ricciardi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:37:58 +0000

In a recent (2008) interview with W. Dean Pesnell of Goddard Space Flight Center, I posed many questions concerning current solar activity as well as some sensationalized, catastrophic news items as of late. The following are my questions and Dr. Pesnell’s responses.

Global Warming? Not This Winter

Max Lindberg — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:53:21 +0000

The headlines are out, 1966 was the last time North America and much of Siberia have seen so much snow.

An article in Canada’s National Post summarized weather around the northern hemisphere and concluded that arctic ice is back, heavier than ever in some areas, and China is reeling from its worst winter in a century.

Of course, it doesn’t mean global warming is a non-entity, nor does it mean we’re headed for a mini ice-age. The author, Lorne Gunter, took a swipe at environmentalists this way:

“Ok, so one winter does not a climate make. It would be premature to claim an Ice Age is looming just because we have had one of our most brutal winters in decades.

But if environmentalists and environment reporters can run around shrieking about the manmade destruction of the natural order every time a robin shows up on Geeorgian Bay two weeks early, then it is at least fair game to use this winter’s weather stories to wonder whether the alarmist are being a tad premature.”

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Solar Cycle 24 - Predicting Space Weather and Earth Impact

In a recent (2008) interview with W. Dean Pesnell of Goddard Space Flight Center, I posed many questions concerning current solar activity as well as some sensationalized, catastrophic news items as of late. The following are my questions and Dr. Pesnell’s responses.

Global Warming? Not This Winter