NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun'

Friday, March 08, 2013

'Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent,' the space agency says.

The image above shows the Earth-facing surface of the Sun on February 28, 2013, as observed by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

It observed just a few small sunspots on an otherwise clean face, which is usually riddled with many spots during peak solar activity.

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Which "rich" nations are we going to charge for this?

- eco liberal nuts.

#1 | Posted by boaz at 2013-03-08 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

The land of the rising sun?

#2 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-08 11:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Damn those Mayans.

#3 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-03-09 12:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

Which "rich" nations are we going to charge for this?

- eco liberal nuts.

Why doesn't it surprise me you'd be the one to follow the tack of the morons in the comments in the article and go straight to global warming.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2013-03-09 01:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

#4 | Posted by jpw

Global warmen? Wait, wait, wait...you sinetist tipes hav us morons confuzed. Did globel warmen cause missin sunspots or did missin sunspots cause globel warmin? Cud you check wit Algore an Zat an let us no?

#5 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-09 01:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

Twitchy's peer reviewed pool blames Exxon...

#6 | Posted by Rightocenter at 2013-03-09 01:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

#5 | Posted by jestgettinalong

And it doesn't surprise me you'd just be a moron.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2013-03-09 01:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

Quick someone notify Wisconsin Senator Ron "Sunspots" Johnson, climate change is over.

www.jsonline.com

#8 | Posted by SLBronkowitz at 2013-03-09 02:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

"And it doesn't surprise me you'd just be a moron."

You only sez thet cuz you dont no the anser to the question...LOL.

#9 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-09 02:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

You only sez thet cuz you dont no the anser to the question...LOL.

It's a moronic question to begin with, so what's the point?

The article has nothing to do with global warming. Nothing.

Try to keep up retard.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2013-03-09 03:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The article has nothing to do with global warming. Nothing."

The artical is bout the sun. You dont think the sun has sumpin to do wit globel warmen. Whos the REEL retard here? Y'all libruls rilly crak me up...LOLOL. Caint even spell yer name, you can only write initials and thinks yer a geneus...LOL.

#11 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-09 03:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The artical[sic] is bout[sic] the sun[sic]. You dont[sic] think the sun[sic] has sumpin[sic] to do wit[sic] globel[sic] warmen[sic]. Whos[sic] the REEL[sic] retard here? Y'all libruls[sic] rilly[sic] crak[sic] me up...LOLOL. Caint[sic] even spell yer[sic] name, you can only write initials and thinks[sic] yer[sic] a geneus[sic]...LOL."
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That's sic.

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#12 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-09 05:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

JPW, You don't think that this could have something to do with climate change?

#13 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2013-03-09 05:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

The time frame for the phenomenon discussed in the article seems too short IMO for global climate change to be an issue here.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2013-03-09 08:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

lol, I gotta feel for those pathetic bastards.

They fully expected the minimum to BEGIN 2013-2015... showing cooling evidence shortly thereafter
this would be 1/2 decade or so after they had successfully foisted the global "Carbon Credit" scam on all of us w cooked numbers

they then planned on celebrating their success at controlling climate by demanding MORE TAXES to keep climate change fixed

alot of institutions invested in this, alot of somebody else's money is no longer where it's supposed to be...
they can't hide the accounting scam forever

#15 | Posted by roadrunner22 at 2013-03-09 08:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

#14 | POSTED BY JPW
"The time frame for the phenomenon discussed in the article seems too short IMO for global climate change to be an issue here."

JPW, just where do you get off reading, analyzing, and understanding the article before commenting on it?

Damn show-off.

#16 | Posted by TheTom at 2013-03-09 10:51 PM | Reply | Flag: