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Say Goodbye to Sunspots?

digme · 2010-09-16 19:39:48

Scientists studying sunspots for the past 2 decades have concluded that the magnetic field that triggers their formation has been steadily declining. If the current trend continues, by 2016 the sun's face may become spotless and remain that way for decades—a phenomenon that in the 17th century coincided with a prolonged…

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16-09-2010 8:39pm

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Scientists studying sunspots for the past 2 decades have concluded that the magnetic field that triggers their formation has been steadily declining.

If the current trend continues, by 2016 the sun's face may become spotless and remain that way for decades—a phenomenon that in the 17th century coincided with a prolonged period of cooling on Earth.

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#2 16-09-2010 10:38pm
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What's the worst that can happen?

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#3 16-09-2010 10:40pm
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Confab wrote: »

What's the worst that can happen?

Irish summers get to be even more miserable ? :cool:

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#4 16-09-2010 10:42pm
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There is an epic on going thread about this topic.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055544236

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