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		<title>Do Latest Solar Studies Confirm Upcoming Global Cooling?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by Matti Vooro I fully support the findings of  Jan –Erik Solheim , Kjell Stordahl and Ole Humlum and their very recent paper called The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24  dated &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/13/do-latest-solar-studies-confirm-upcoming-global-cooling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=56469&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quantifying the Solar Cycle 24 Temperature Decline</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/11/quantifying-the-solar-cycle-24-temperature-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by David Archibald Three wise Norwegians &#8211; Jan-Erik Solheim, Kjell Stordahl and Ole Humlum – have just published a paper entitled “The long sunspot cycle 23 predicts a significant temperature decrease in cycle 24”. It is available online &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/11/quantifying-the-solar-cycle-24-temperature-decline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=56382&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting presentations from the Nagoya Workshop on the Relationship between Solar Activity and Climate Changes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the sun goes blank today, just 15 months from the expected Cycle 24 solar maximum, Dr. Leif Svalgaard writes in to advise me of the presentations made in the workshop in Japan in mid January. Dr. Svalgaard was an &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/08/interesting-presentations-from-the-nagoya-workshop-on-the-relationship-between-solar-activity-and-climate-changes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=56210&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Headlines over solar cycle 25 and potential global cooling</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/29/headlines-over-solar-cycle-25-and-potential-cooling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a story about solar cycle 25, and a potential &#8220;mini ice age&#8221; in the UK Daily Mail by David Rose that is making headlines today, even hitting the Drudge Report. The headline is: Forget global warming &#8211; it&#8217;s Cycle &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/29/headlines-over-solar-cycle-25-and-potential-cooling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=55634&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Major x class solar flare</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/27/major-x-class-solar-flare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogging from my phone Check WUWT Solar Reference Page Updated: It was an X1.7 class eruption,  it does not appear to be headed towards Earth. JTF<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=55559&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Estimate of Solar Cycle 25 Amplitude &#8211; may be the smallest in over 300 years</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/25/first-estimate-of-solar-cycle-25-amplitudesmallest-in-over-300-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by David Archibald Predicting the amplitude of Solar Cycle 24 was a big business. Jan Janssens provides the most complete table of Solar Cycle 24 predictions at: http://users.telenet.be/j.janssens/SC24.html Prediction activity for Solar Cycle 24 seemed to have peaked &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/25/first-estimate-of-solar-cycle-25-amplitudesmallest-in-over-300-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=55458&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biggest solar storm since 2005</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/24/biggest-solar-storm-since-2005/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is being called by WaPo &#8220;The Biggest solar storm since 2005&#8220;. The sun erupted late on January 22nd, 2012 with an M8.7 class flare. The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare as seen below. From NASA: The coronal mass &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/24/biggest-solar-storm-since-2005/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=55410&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ridiculousness Continues &#8211; Climate Complexity Compiled</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/21/the-ridiculousness-continues-climate-complexity-compiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justthefactswuwt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By WUWT regular &#8220;Just The Facts&#8221; With the help of an array of WUWT reader comments on this thread and several others documented within, I&#8217;ve been compiling a summary of all potential climatic variables in order to build a conceptual &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/21/the-ridiculousness-continues-climate-complexity-compiled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=50595&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big CME headed toward Earth</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/20/big-cme-headed-toward-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Spaceweather.com : Active sunspot 1401 erupted yesterday, Jan. 19th around 16:30 UT, producing an M3-class solar flare and a full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME). The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the cloud expanding almost directly toward Earth: Analysts at &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/20/big-cme-headed-toward-earth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=55093&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Cycle 24 Length and Its Consequences</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/08/solar-cycle-24-length-and-its-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest post by David Archibald Solar Cycle 24 is now three years old and predictions of the date of solar maximum have settled upon mid-2013. For example, Jan Janssens has produced this graph predicting the month of maximum in mid-2013, &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/08/solar-cycle-24-length-and-its-consequences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=54426&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar cycle update: sunspots down, Ap index way down</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/04/solar-cycle-update-sunspots-down-ap-index-way-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NOAA SWPC monthly solar cycle update has been published here, and after a big spike last month, the sunspot count is down again. There’s an even bigger drop though in the Ap geomagnetic index, as seen and discussed below &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/01/04/solar-cycle-update-sunspots-down-ap-index-way-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=54231&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solar-Terrestrial Power Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul L. Vaughan, M.Sc. The amplitude of Earth&#8217;s zonal winds is modulated by the solar cycle. Here&#8217;s a concise visual update based on the latest data: LOD&#8217; = rate of change of length of day Data ftp://ftp.iers.org/products/eop/long-term/c04_08/iau2000/eopc04_08_IAU2000.62-now ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/SOLAR_DATA/COSMIC_RAYS/STATION_DATA/Monthly_data/moscow.tab<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=53662&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comet Lovejoy survives a brush with Sol</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Physorg.com Comet Lovejoy was only discovered a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit several million degrees. But astronomers watching live with NASA telescopes &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/16/comet-lovejoy-survives-a-brush-with-sol/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=53226&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November Solar Activity Report &#8211; sunspots and 10.7cm radio flux up, but the solar magnetic Ap index crashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is strange. Usually we see the geomagnetic Ap Index increase with increasing sunspots and 10.7 cm radio flux. But the Ap index (the third graph below) has crashed to the third lowest level since January 2000, matching what it &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/06/november-solar-activity-report-sunspots-and-10-7cm-radio-flux-up-but-the-solar-magnetic-ap-index-crashes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=52621&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New paper suggests sun may be headed for a Maunder minimum</title>
		<link>http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/02/new-paper-suggests-sun-may-be-headed-for-a-maunder-minimum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Watts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just published in GRL, a new paper by Lockwood et al that suggests the sun may be headed for a Maunder type minimum.: The persistence of solar activity indicators and the descent of the Sun into Maunder Minimum conditions Key &#8230; <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/02/new-paper-suggests-sun-may-be-headed-for-a-maunder-minimum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wattsupwiththat.com&amp;blog=1799261&amp;post=52398&amp;subd=wattsupwiththat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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