Quiet sun lessens trouble for Earth

By T.K. Randall
April 6, 2009 · Comment icon

4 comments

Image Credit: NASA/ESA

The Sun has been going through a quiet spell recently, with fewer sunspots than in almost one hundred years. This can have benefits to satellites, GPS and other systems while even global warming is reduced, albeit by a very small amount.

The sun has been unusually quiet lately, with fewer sunspots and weaker magnetic fields than in nearly a century. A quiet sun is good for Earth: GPS systems are more accurate, satellites stay in orbit longer; even the effects of man-made global warming are marginally reduced, though just by three-tenths of a degree at most."

Source: Fox News | Comments (4)

Tags:

Recent comments on this story

#1 Posted by 666lucipher666 16 years ago

uh huh .. what are these then ???? http://prooxo.com/?__new_url=aHR0cDovL3d3d...2ZhbWluZS5odG0= http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/Signpost.pdf

#2 Posted by Lt_Ripley 16 years ago

uh huh .. what are these then ???? http://prooxo.com/?__new_url=aHR0cDovL3d3d...2ZhbWluZS5odG0= http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/Signpost.pdf from your site http://prooxo.com/?__new_url=aHR0cDovL3d3d...2xlYXBzLmh0bQ==

#3 Posted by nothinglizx2 16 years ago

This is bad news, very, very bad news. I'm not a big know it all or geo-scientist or anything, but What I do know is wisdom. Wisdom teaches that there is always a calm before a storm. But the activities here on earth have a major effect on what happens all around us. The epitomy of the word Butterfly effect is related here. Let us hope that it's dormancy stage is only for preservation of it's own energy and galactic co-habitation. Rather than from our manipulation of the weather via the HAARP program.

#4 Posted by Wickian 16 years ago

Last time the sunspots disappeared for a length of time, we had an ice-age.

Please Login or Register to post a comment.

Our new book is out now!

The Unexplained Mysteries
Book of Weird News

AVAILABLE NOW

Take a walk on the weird side with this compilation of some of the weirdest stories ever to grace the pages of a newspaper.

Click here to learn more

We need your help!

Support us on Patreon

BONUS CONTENT

For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, you can gain access to a wide range of exclusive perks including our popular 'Lost Ghost Stories' series.

Click here to learn more

On the forum

Russia and the War in Ukraine

Current Ukrainian counteroffensives

Switzerland mulls ending centuries old n...

Ukraine’s long game

Kyiv Test Fired 1st Ukraine-made Ballist...

UK and Europe

Lucy Letby’s so-called confessions wer...

Calls for return of Churchill’s nation...

Royal Mail considers bin collection-styl...

CE marking: Labour cancels 2025 deadline

Extraterrestrial Life and The UFO Phenomenon

Skyeagle's UFO research and discussion

'Aliens definitely exist' says head of I...

Trump promises to publish more secret fi...

The Night of the UFOs! The 1986 Brazilia...

Palaeontology, Archaeology and History

Lightning strike damages Rome’s ancien...

Undercover women: the story of how Victo...

‘Enthusiastic amateur’ finds ‘rema...

Why did dinosaurs have horns? It may not...

Total Posts: 7,682,821 Topics: 320,277 Members: 202,448

Not a member yet ? Click here to join - registration is free and only takes a moment!

-	1.	Electronic Voice Phenomenon
-	2.	Paranormal
	3.	Roswell Incident
	4.	Spirit Photography (Classic)
	5.	Ghost
	6.	Unidentified Flying Object
	7.	Bigfoot
	8.	Area 51
	9.	Storm Area 51
	10.	Orb

Quiet sun lessens trouble for Earth

The Unexplained Mysteries
Book of Weird News

Support us on Patreon

NSA files: Russia had microwave weapons linked to 'Havana Syndrome'

Clip shows figure walking on a cloud in weird optical illusion

Mississippi alligator hunters catch 802-pound behemoth

Bizarre video reportedly shows 'goblin' that attacked farm worker

Trump promises to publish more secret files on UFOs and JFK

NASA 'sonification' video is like hearing the music of the universe