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The quiet sun is getting a lot of attention. What are its effect on us?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / Leave a Comment / 11 February 2012 11 May 2019

Summary: Skeptic websites are agog with confident statements that solar cycles drive much of the decadal variation in Earth’s climate. Not only is there no clear physical mechanism, but recent analysis suggests that the historical correlation might not exist as well. Both questions lie on the frontier of science. Here are some recent papers, a selection …

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What can climate scientists tell us about future weather? Part two of two.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 1 Comment / 10 February 2012 11 May 2019

Summary: This is a review of the climate science literature, giving a perspective different than that shown us by the news media. This is just a selection from the vast, rapidly growing body of research on the frontiers of knowledge about this vital subject. As past comments to thei series show, true believers on both sides of …

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Update about the weather on the Sun. Perhaps coming soon to Earth, visible in your local supermarket.

By Larry Kummer, Editor / 1 Comment / 9 February 2011 2 June 2013

Summary: The current fad for “black swans” just reflects our disinterest in non-consensus thinking. We prefer the clear stories the news media tells us about poorly understood things (both natural and social phenomena). We would be less often surprised if we would only open our vision to see things on the borders of the known. …

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Another climate wild card: solar cycle 24, perhaps causing food riots during the next decade

By Larry Kummer, Editor / Leave a Comment / 1 February 2011 4 October 2016

Summary: Yesterday we asked if food prices will continue to rise, destabilizing the third world? Today we ask the same question, with the Sun as the suspect. This takes us to the frontier of science, beyond the cartoon certainties fed to us by the news media. This is un-news, hidden from the public as these …

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How good are our global senses, watching our changing world?

By Larry Kummer, Editor / Leave a Comment / 15 October 2010 20 June 2015

Summary: Our increasingly complex world creates new vulnerabilities. New factors to watch. New threats to which we must respond. Can we manage the necessary coordinated global action? The cost is trivial, especially compared to that of our wars. This post examines one serious but little-known threat. . One terrible aspect of early 21st century America is our …

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