"Cycle 24 started out late and slow and may not be strong enough to create a rush to the poles, indicating we'll see a very weak solar maximum in 2013, if at all. If the rush to the poles fails to complete, this creates a tremendous dilemma for the theorists ... No one knows what the Sun will do in that case."
According to the collective wisdom of the NSO, another Maunder Minimum may very well be on the cards.
"If we are right," summarises Hill, "this could be the last solar maximum we'll see for a few decades. That would affect everything from space exploration to Earth's climate."
The Register
No word yet from Al Gore, who is expected to promote increased CO2 generation in order to save humanity.
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Well he just bought a couple million dollars worth of beach-side estate, so he's apparently not worried about that extra meter of ocean water rise. Love it
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