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Are We Headed to a New Solar Minimum?

I think most of the pro AGW crowd do not understand why Dr. Judith Curry is considered a heretic.
It is not that she does not believe that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but rather has the audacity,
to show through published peer reviewed research, both a lower ECS, and that there is room
for skepticism of the IPCC's predictions.
 

And she's so good at doing that, she's shifted her scientific interests to 'social media communication'.
 

This is the second time you've presented a 50 year old book as evidence of a current scientific revolution.
 
And she's so good at doing that, she's shifted her scientific interests to 'social media communication'.
No one is denying she has a blog, but they so does Mann. But show also publishes real peer reviewed research,
and that research shows a lowed ECS for added CO2.
 
Finally had some time to look over Jack Hayes' latest cut and paste job.

Hey Jack... when are going to stop spamming this forum with denialist BS??

Speaking of global cooling . . . .

Alarmism
[h=1]Are Scientists Preparing for a FlipFlop Back to Global Cooling Predictions?[/h]Guest essay by Eric Worrall The alleged weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation appears to be triggering a growing amount of speculation about abrupt cooling, like the plot of the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”. Crippled Atlantic currents triggered ice age climate change The last ice age wasn’t one long big chill. Dozens of…
 

What does this have to do with a solar minimum? Almost nothing. But then we all know that this thread wasn't created to discuss solar cycles. It was started to mislead people into believing that the planet is going to start cooling. And since I pretty much shot that down you are trying again.

And as is typical of your denialist blog posts this one is also misleading. The author of this article is neglecting to even discuss what would also likely be happening at the same time if we saw cooling like this. And that is massive sea level rise. Now I could be wrong here but if I am reading these articles correctly then the drastic temperature drops shown in that graph would be caused by the shutting down of the AMOC due to massive ice loss in Greenland and/or Antarctica. And that melting might correspond to sea level rise of 5 meters.

Sorry guys but I doubt that any temporary decline in temps associated with this kind of sea level rise is going to help your cause.

Also from Hansen's article:

 
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/07...-flipflop-back-to-global-cooling-predictions/
 

You're the one who brought up cooling. I thought I was doing you a favor. Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished.
 
You're the one who brought up cooling. I thought I was doing you a favor. Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished.

No... that would be longview who first brought up cooling after reading Curry's article. Then there was your cut and paste of Jo Nova who pushed out right lies before I said anything.

But you know this... right? Your just being obstinate... right? Or are you just self delusional?
 
There is a pretty good chance the planet will enter a cooling phase. However, a single minimal solar cycle, or the normal cyclical activities of the oceans will not be the cause. It will take at least two or three weakened solar cycles to cause enough reduction of solar heat to start such a trend. We are likely 20 years away from witnessing a cooling if it will occur.

The prediction of leading solar scientists is that the next few solar cycles will be of low activity. Some say we may see a cooling equivalent to the maunder Minima, but again, the equalization lag will make this decades away.

And as is typical of your denialist blog posts this one is also misleading.
The only "denial" is your ignorance of science. This leads you to label people who differ from your confirmation bias, terms that are not fitting.

Since when does science exclude multiple perspectives to analyze?

Only those ignorant of science call people of differing views, deniers. Please stop your idiotic rubbish.
 

Your claim about JoNova is an unsupported allegation. In any case, I prefer to focus on the substance of the posts rather than your soap opera.
 

Really? A pretty good chance of cooling? Equivalent to the Maunder minimum?? I provided a peer reviewed study that said otherwise. You know of any peer reviewed studies that back you up? Lets see them.


Oh come on Lord... don't tell me you don't see Jack's denial of the facts and outright lies. Like him saying I was the first to bring up global cooling. Is your bias so strong you can't see his BS??

And don't just tell me I am ignorant of science... tell me specifically where I am wrong. If you can't do that then you are no better than what you think of me.
 
Your claim about JoNova is an unsupported allegation. In any case, I prefer to focus on the substance of the posts rather than your soap opera.

Your right. I don't think any Potsdam scientists said that Europe is headed for a little ice age. And since I can't prove a negative then that means the responsibility to prove that they did lies with the people who maid the claim. And since they didn't bother then you should prove it.

I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that to happen.
 

Here's the German link. Pay especially close attention to the sub-link wetter.at.

The daily Berliner Kurier here writes today that solar physicists at the ultra-warmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) are warning that Europe may be facing “a mini ice age” due to a possible protracted solar minimum.
 
The pattern is what's important.

What pattern? You've never mentioned a pattern before.

Just pasted a link to a book as if that explains itself. Its ****in weird, man.
 

Neither of them provide anything that proves that Potsdam scientists are predicting a little ice age in Europe. Just because they say so proves nothing.

Give us a link Jack.

Here is a good place to start looking: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/
 
What pattern? You've never mentioned a pattern before.

Just pasted a link to a book as if that explains itself. Its ****in weird, man.

The book describes a pattern, the structure of scientific revolutions if you will. And the book does in fact explain itself.
 
Neither of them provide anything that proves that Potsdam scientists are predicting a little ice age in Europe. Just because they say so proves nothing.

Give us a link Jack.

Here is a good place to start looking: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/

It may be that the Potsdammers are open to a mini-Ice Age but don't believe it will slow warming very much.

Mini-Eiszeit in Europa?
Einige Solarphysiker nehmen an, dass dies den Beginn eines neuen großen Minimums der Sonnenaktivität anzeigen könnte, ähnlich dem Maunder-Minimum im späten 17. Jahrhundert, das mit der sogenannten "Kleinen Eiszeit" in Verbindung gebracht wird, als spürbar niedrigere Temperaturen herrschten. Damals waren viele Winter in Europa eiskalt.

Grund für die lokal begrenzten Auswirkungen könnten Veränderungen der Winde in der Troposphäre, der untersten Atmosphärenschicht, sein. Heizt sich die darüber gelegene Stratosphäre nur schwach auf, reißen die milden Starkwinde vom Atlantik in der Troposphäre ab. Stattdessen wären Großbritannien und Mitteleuropa dann dem Einfluss kalter Winde aus dem Nordosten ausgesetzt.

Kein Effekt auf globale Erwärmung
Während lokale Effekte möglich sind, hat die Sonnenaktivität jedoch kaum Einfluss auf die globale Erderwärmung. Auch ein neues solares Minimum würde die Erderwärmung bis zum Jahr 2100 nur um 0,3 Grad Celsius bremsen, ergab eine Studie des Potsdamer Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung.
 
Translation:


Nope... not there.

Let me remind you what Jo Nova wrote:

This week there are a spate of news stories about a little ice age coming — even from the uber warmista Potsdam Institute.
and
...solar physicists at the ultra-warmist Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) are warning that Europe may be facing “a mini ice age” due to a possible protracted solar minimum.
 
All depends on whether "some solar physicists" are from PIK.

Look Jack... I know this is more work than you are used to but the only way you are going to back up Nova is to link to an actual article or study done by a potsdam scientist that predicts or warns of a little ice age. If you can't do that then please quit wasting our time.
 

You are free to leave the discussion any time. You claimed a falsehood. I don't think the links back you up.
 
You are free to leave the discussion any time. You claimed a falsehood. I don't think the links back you up.

The problem is that the links don't back up Nova! Is this really so hard to comprehend?
 
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