Category Archives: Solar

Kevin Trenberth struggles mightily to explain the lack of global warming

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Tom Nelson captures this delicious irony, apparently it isn’t a travesty any more, it’s the sun. About these ads

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Sun produces four X-class flares in two days

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Above: note the four separate events in the last two days – from the WUWT Solar Page (From NASA’s Spaceweather.com) When the week began, the sun hadn’t unleashed an X-flare all year long. In only two days, sunspot AR1748 has … Continue reading →

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Solar cycle update – sun’s magnetic activity still in a slump

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Despite some small upticks on sunspot and 10.7cm radio activity, the magentic activity of the sun is still bumping along the bottom. A slight uptick was seen in sunspot count.  A similar slight uptick occurred in radio flux.

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Sunspot Cycle and the Global Temperature Change Anomaly

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

UPDATE: The author writes: Thank you for posting my story on Sunspots and The Global Temperature Anomaly. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it and the amount of constructive feedback I was given. Your readers have pointed out a … Continue reading →

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Claim: solar cells that produce two electrons for every photon, resulting in over 100% quantum efficiency

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

From the I’ll believe it when I see it department comes this claim. From R&D magazine: Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight … Continue reading →

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Three years of the Sun in three minutes

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Spectacular three year time lapse video from the Solar Dynamics Observatory In the three years since it first provided images of the sun in the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has had virtually unbroken coverage of the … Continue reading →

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Another “escalator“

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Guest post by Jan Zeman Some CAGW proponents argument against the recent stall in the global warming trends with this graph called “escalator”. Source: http://www.skepticalscience.com But one of my favorite “escalators” is this one: Source: http://www.woodfortrees.org The beginnings and the … Continue reading →

Posted in ENSO, Solar | 104 Comments

Another solar to climate amplification mechanism found?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

From the Hockey Schtick: Paper finds another amplification mechanism by which the Sun controls climate (video follows) A lecture by professor Hiroko Miyahara of the University of Tokyo provides additional support to the Svensmark theory of cosmoclimatology, finding that both … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmic rays, Solar | 74 Comments

The Sun Was in My Eyes – Was It More Likely Over the Past 3-Plus Decades?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Alternate Title: On Pinker et al 2005 and the Positive Trend in the NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Surface Downward Solar Radiation Flux Over at Tallbloke’sTalkshop, Tallbloke has a post about the Pinker et al 2005 paper “Do Satellites Detect Trends in Surface … Continue reading →

Posted in IPCC, Modeling, Solar | 50 Comments

Current solar cycle data seems to be past the peak

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center has updated their monthly graph set and it appears as if the slow downside from what looks like the solar max for cycle 24. Though, it is still possible we could see a second … Continue reading →

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A misinterpreted claim about a NASA press release, CO2, solar flares, and the thermosphere is making the rounds

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

I loathe having to write this story because I truly dislike giving any attention to the people who are known as the “slayers” from the “Slaying the Sky Dragon” book. They now operate under the moniker of “Principia Scientific”. But, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon dioxide, Opinion, Ridiculae, solar flare | Tagged , , , , | 126 Comments

An update on my solar power project – results show why I got solar power for my home (hint: climate change is not a reason)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

UPDATE: I’ve answered questions from commenters below in the FAQs, and added additional diagrams – Anthony Much to the chagrin of people who are sure I’m evil, in the pocket of big oil, and highly carbon positive, I’m actually an … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Solar, solar power | Tagged , | 292 Comments

February solar data shows the Sun to still be slumping – but NASA says ‘twin peaks’ may happen

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

The data from SWPC is in, and it is lethargic at best. Sunspot numbers took a hit, down to about 42,  a delta of ~50 lower compared to the red prediction line. 10.7 cm solar radio flux took a similar … Continue reading →

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How long to the 24/25 solar minimum?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Guest post by David Archibald Climate has real world consequences, and those operating in fields that will be affected by changing climate bring a different perspective to the problem of predicting what will happen. Bill Fordham, advising the grain industry … Continue reading →

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Solar Update February 2013

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Guest post by David Archibald Solar Cycle 24 has already seen five consecutive colder winters. This is a link to a post about a German meteorologist who has seen the light. Eventually people will work their way back to where … Continue reading →

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It’s the Sun stupid – The minor significance of CO2

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Guest post by Dr. Norman Page 1 The IPCC’s Core Problem The IPCC  - Al Gore based  Anthropogenic Global Warming scare has driven global  Governments’ Climate and Energy Policies since the turn of the century. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been … Continue reading →

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UV shift in the leaked IPCC report: more inversion of the scientific method

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Guest post by Alec Rawls A Fox News story on the leaked draft of AR5 got big attention through the Drudge Report the other week. Fox reporter Maxim Lott begins by quoting a sentence from the Second Order Draft that … Continue reading →

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Update on Solar Cycle 24 – Hathaway’s latest predictions show smallest sunspot cycle since 1906

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

The sun is currently showing two significant spots, though activity is generally quiet. Current SSN is 30, and Sunspot AR1667 (on the left) is in decay, and it is no longer crackling with C-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI First the … Continue reading →

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NASA News conference on the Sun’s corona today

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

NASA will present new discoveries, made by the Hi-C space telescope, of the sun’s corona today in a media teleconference at 1pm EST (1800 GMT) that will be webcast online. NASA Hosts Jan. 23 Media Teleconference on Sun Observations WASHINGTON … Continue reading →

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It’s snowing, and it really feels like the start of a mini ice age – London Mayor Boris Johnson

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Image Credit: Climate4You.com From The Telegraph – By London Mayor Boris Johnson “The Sun is god!” cried JMW Turner as he died, and plenty of other people have thought there was much in his analysis. The Aztecs agreed, and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Little Ice Age, Politics, Snow, snowfall, Solar | Tagged , , , | 91 Comments