But that is going to change once again very quickly. There has been a series of M-Class flares which started two days ago. If my research is correct, we should be experiencing another escalation of weather in areas of our Earth within 48 hours. Yes, I mean "records" being broke yet again.
In addition, according to NASA, today's sunspot count is 204. This has surpassed NASA's prediction of a maximum apex for "Cycle 23" which is 150. Today shows a count of 54 sunspots over what the maximum was supposed to be in March/April 2000 when this cycle reaches its apex.
On another note, the "global warming" arguments heat up (pun intended). The article below indicates many scientist state firmly the weather phenomenon we are experiencing, has little to do with humans, meaning fossil fuel and other manmade pollutants. My research would be consistent with their analogy.
As most of you know, I have stated the weather escalation is directly related to our Sun and its cycle. Not the "Cycle 23" NASA indicates to be a routine 11 cycle, but a "Mega Cycle" which may occur every hundreds of thousands of years (exact number unknown).
I do want to reiterate what I stated some months ago. Although I believe the Earth would experience this escalation of weather we are seeing today "even if there were no humans on Earth", we do indeed contribute a very significant amount. Based on information I have viewed, our human contribution to "global warming" is approximately 17% to 20%. This is certainly a large amount in which we do have a choice. I encourage every nation to be responsible in every way in helping reduce the contribution and escalation of our rapidly changing climate.
Scientists Report Warmer Earth...01/13/00
By H. Josef Hebert - Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Despite conflicts in temperature data, there is strong evidence of an accelerated warming of the Earth's surface during the past 20 years, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences concluded Wednesday. Still the panel hedged on whether the warming will continue or whether it is tied to the ``greenhouse effect'' caused by manmade pollution of the atmosphere.
``There is a high level of confidence among the panel members that the surface temperature is indeed rising,'' said John Wallace, panel chairman and professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. But, he added, that does not necessarily mean the warming is due to manmade greenhouse gasses ``nor are we saying it's necessarily going to continue to accelerate in the future.'' The 20-year record is too short to make definitive statements as to how the atmosphere is changing in the long term, he said.
But the panel of 11 scientists said the warming of the earth during the past two decades ``is undoubtedly real and is substantially greater than the average rate of warming during the 20th century.'' The recent decades has seen some of the warmest years on record, scientists have said.
The panel included a wide range of views on climate change including James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Spaces Studies, who is a strong proponent of the greenhouse effect, and Roy Spencer a senior climate scientist at NASA, who developed the satellite temperature data.
Mitch Battros
Producer - Earth Changes TV
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