Stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border, the storm has killed at least 55 people as of Monday morning, according to an NBC News tally. The deaths were recorded in 12 states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Archiv: planetare Atmosphären (Klima) / planetary atmospheres (climates)
Cold Records Shattered Across Canada, Driving Energy Usage To All-Time Highs; Extreme Freeze Sweeps U.S.; Blizzards Hit Hawaii; + Wintry Weather Traps 300 Oil Workers On North Sea Rig
(December 21, 2022)
As hinted at above, Mauna Loa began erupting on Nov 27 and stopped on Dec 13.
It was the first time it has actively erupted since 1984 (solar minimum of cycle 20) — and is a sign of the times…
Volcanic eruptions are one of the key climatic forcings driving Earth into its next bout of global cooling. They have been shown to increase in both number and explosivity during times of prolonged solar decline, which is thought to be due to an influx of cosmic rays (CRs) penetrating/exciting silica-rich magma. During solar mins the Sun’s magnetic field weakens and the outward pressure of the solar wind decreases, which allows more CRs to enter the inner solar system, including our planet’s atmosphere.
Cold Wave Grips East Asia, Felling All-Time Snowfall Records Across Japan; Historic Snow In Moscow; + Christmas Freeze: Extreme Cold/Snow To Blast North America Over The Holidays
(December 19, 2022)
The COLD TIMES are returning, North America, in line with historically low solar activity.
Death toll from winter storm rises to at least 31
The storm brought hurricane-force winds and created whiteout conditions as it battered the area. A bomb cyclone, which happens when atmospheric pressure drops sharply in a strong storm, developed over the Great Lakes.
The storm has sent temperatures well below freezing in much of the country.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
Solar Activity Forecast for the Next Decade
(12.06.2019)
The results show that the next Solar Cycle will start in 2020 and reach a maximum in 2025.Cycle 25 is expected to be even weaker than the current solar cycle.
According to this forecast, upcoming solar activity will be the weakest in the last 200 years.
From New Mexico to New England: More Than 100 Million Americans Under ‘Cold Weather Warnings’, + AGW/COVID Cults
So-called ‘climate experts’ are pointing to this year’s wild temperature swings as the direct impact of “global climate change” — but there is a far more likely culprit that is being willfully ignored: The Sun, the source of our climate system’s energy, is currently in a historically weak state–a fact nobody is disputing. Frustratingly though, investigating the impact such reduced solar output could have on the climate (via the weakening of the jet streams, among other forcings) has been labelled heresy, and there are very few academics left with the gumption to openly discuss it, let alone study it–not that they’ed ever receive funding.
Nations reach climate change agreement in Glasgow but follow-through in doubt
But the deal reached goes further than any before it, in no small part because scientists have made clear that without a significant and sustained effort to lower greenhouse gas emissions, the world is poised to embark upon an era of catastrophic consequences. If the signatories all follow through on their promises and return in 2023 with even stronger emissions targets, it is still possible that mankind could spare itself the worst effects of climate change.
14. Internationale EIKE- Klima- und Energiekonferenz am 12.-13. November 2021 in Gera
Die Konferenz Nr. 14 bietet alte und beliebte Bekannte; darüberhinaus aber auch viele neue Gesichter. Vorträge werden gehalten von:
James Taylor (Heartland Institute, USA)
Prof. Dr. Horst-Joachim Lüdecke (Pressesprecher, EIKE)
Prof. Dr. Peter Ridd (Australien)
Prof. Dr. William Happer (USA)
Dr. habil. Sebastian Lüning (Kalte Sonne)
Prof. Dr. Ana G. Elias (Argentinien)
Prof. Dr. Henrik Svensmark (Dänemark) & Prof. Dr. Nir Shaviv (Israel)
Dr. Susan Crockford (Kanada)
Prof. em. Dr. Christian Schlüchter (Schweiz)
Prof. Dr. Richard Lindzen (USA)
Prof. Dr. Maria da Assunção Araújo (Portugal)
Dr. Bernd Fleischmann (Deutschland)
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Limburg (Vizepräsident, EIKE)
Prof. Dr. Valentina Zharkova (Vereinigtes Königreich)
Prof. Dr. Nicola Scafetta (Italien)
Prof. Dr. John R. Christy (USA)
Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt (Kalte Sonne)
Prof. Dr. László Csaba Szarka (Ungarn)
Dr. Götz Ruprecht, Institut für Festkörper-Kernphysik gGmbH (Deutschland)
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
Cop26 summit at serious risk of failure, says Boris Johnson
In a blunt admission after two days of preliminary talks at the G20 meeting of world leaders, the prime minister conceded little progress had been made – and the conference is not on track to achieve a deal that keeps the goal alive. He put the chances of success as “six out of 10”.
“Currently, let’s be in no doubt, we are not going to hit it and we have to be honest with ourselves,” he said. The commitments being made so far were a “drop in the rapidly warming ocean”.
NASA caught “adjusting” Global Temperature Graph — AGAIN
(July 20, 2021)
In what Dr Higgs calls yet another manipulation of the data, in early 2021, NASA discreetly lowered the 2016 global average temperature –previously the highest on record– to make the year 2020 seem like the hottest.
NASA play these ‘games of adjustment’ all the time, and each and every time, without fail, their tweaks support the man-made global warming narrative.
Below are copies of NASA’s 1880-2020 global temperature chart ‘before & after’ their most recent “adjustment”:
Solar Cycle 25 Progressing Similarly to 24, + Fairbanks sees Record-Breaking Snowfall
(October 6, 2021)
The official forecast by the NOAA/NASA Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel (made in 2019, and visualized by the red line above) called for a weak cycle 25, peaking in July 2025. And while things are currently tracking slightly ahead of schedule, NOAA don’t believe that the cycle will peak any higher than SC24. Instead, they simply see the peak arriving earlier, in late-2024 (rather than mid-2025). If this plays out it would of course mean an earlier start to Solar Cycle 26, too …
Study: Sun’s magnetic field is weakening
(Oct 7, 2019)
The research, according to the team, will help monitor and evaluate the influence of solar activities and their implications on the Earth’s climate. The astrophysicists’ team included experts from Ahmedabad’s Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Japan, and China.
Is Earth’s Magnetic Shield Eroding?
(29.3.2018)
The strength of Earth’s main magnetic field is currently about 29.5 microteslas, down 5 microteslas, or 14 percent from its strength three centuries ago.
We know this. There is no question of this.
Scientists link Earth’s magnetic reversals to changes in planet’s life and climate
(April 19, 2021)
The researchers examined the rings of the tree to look for changes in the amount of carbon-14 over a period of years, Gramling explains. Carbon-14 is useful not only for dating things, but because the interaction of cosmic rays with molecules in the atmosphere produces a lot of it. And when the Earth has a weakened magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the planet.
The scientists indeed found a large spike in carbon-14 in the tree, which they could then compare with the rock record that indicated a magnetic reversal. (…)
In addition, there is the documented rise in cave art right about 41,000-42,000 years ago, Gramling points out.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
When north goes south: Is Earth’s magnetic field flipping?
(September 14, 2021)
Something odd is happening to Earth’s magnetic field. Over the last 200 years, it’s been slowly weakening and shifting its magnetic north pole (where a compass points, not to be confused with the geographic north pole) from the Canadian Arctic toward Siba. In recent decades, however, that slow shift south has quickened — reaching speeds upwards of 30 miles per year (48 kilometers per year).
Interplay Between Magnetic Force and Gravity in Massive Star Formation
(September 26, 2021)
The magnetic field is part of one of the four fundamental forces in nature. It plays a vital role in everyday life, from producing electricity in hydroelectric power plants to diagnosing diseases in medicine. Historically, the Earth’s magnetic field served as a compass for travelers before modern technology was available. Crucially for life, the Earth’s magnetic field acts as a shield protecting us from charged particles emanating from the Sun, which are accelerated by the Sun’s magnetic field. Removing this shield would very likely extinguish life on Earth.
Is Earth’s Magnetic Shield Eroding?
(29.3.2018)
The strength of Earth’s main magnetic field is currently about 29.5 microteslas, down 5 microteslas, or 14 percent from its strength three centuries ago.
We know this. There is no question of this.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Ancient Flint Tools Reveal Earth’s Changing Magnetic Field
(27.09.2021)
Today, said Tauxe, the strength of Earth’s magnetic field is dropping very quickly. Although this change isn’t necessarily catastrophic, Tauxe said it could cause problems for some types of technology
Scientists link Earth’s magnetic reversals to changes in planet’s life and climate
(April 19, 2021)
The researchers examined the rings of the tree to look for changes in the amount of carbon-14 over a period of years, Gramling explains. Carbon-14 is useful not only for dating things, but because the interaction of cosmic rays with molecules in the atmosphere produces a lot of it. And when the Earth has a weakened magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the planet.
The scientists indeed found a large spike in carbon-14 in the tree, which they could then compare with the rock record that indicated a magnetic reversal. (…)
In addition, there is the documented rise in cave art right about 41,000-42,000 years ago, Gramling points out.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Vital role of ocean in upcoming COP 26 highlighted by world leaders as UN Global Compact launches Ocean Stewardship Coalition
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 20 September 2021 — With less than two months until COP 26, the United Nations Global Compact today launched the Ocean Stewardship Coalition to address the twin crises of biodiversity and climate change. Research suggests that ocean mitigation solutions could reduce the emissions gap by up a fifth on a 1.5° C pathway by 2050.
Scientists link Earth’s magnetic reversals to changes in planet’s life and climate
(April 19, 2021)
The researchers examined the rings of the tree to look for changes in the amount of carbon-14 over a period of years, Gramling explains. Carbon-14 is useful not only for dating things, but because the interaction of cosmic rays with molecules in the atmosphere produces a lot of it. And when the Earth has a weakened magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the planet.
The scientists indeed found a large spike in carbon-14 in the tree, which they could then compare with the rock record that indicated a magnetic reversal. (…)
In addition, there is the documented rise in cave art right about 41,000-42,000 years ago, Gramling points out.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Sechster Klimareport des IPCC enttäuscht auf ganzer Linie
Genauso kurios ist, dass der Bericht nun beim Extremwetter ziemlich sicher eine menschengemachte Komponente sieht. Das ist schon ziemlich verrückt, denn die meisten Extremwetterarten besitzen in den letzten 150 Jahren gar keinen Trend. Und die Modelle von Friederike Otto und Mitstreitern scheitern regelmäßig bei der Aufgabe, die Extremwetterentwicklung der letzten vorindustriellen Jahrtausende abzubilden. Mit diesen fehlerhaften Modellen wird dann die „Attribution“ also Zuordnung von Mensch vs. Natur vorgenommen. Das ist wie Fahren ohne Führerschein. Der AR6 behandelt das unwahrscheinliche RCP 8.5-Emissionsszenario als wenn es eine plausible Möglichkeit wäre. Ein schwerer Fehler, der Politiker und andere Nichtspezialisten fehlinformiert. Nun wird die Luft dünn für den IPCC, denn mit einer ergebnisoffenen, neutralen Zusammenfassung des Wissensstandes hat der AR6 nichts zu tun. Nur die EINE Seite des wissenschaftlichen Meinungsspektrums ist enthalten. Kritiker durften von vorneherein nicht mitschreiben. Sie konnten als Gutachter ihren Frust abladen und ihre Kritik aufschreiben. Die landete jedoch direkt im Papierkorb. Denn berücksichtigt wurde davon nichts. Die Gutachterpolizei („Review Editors“) sind nämlich vom gleichen politischen Gremium gewählt worden wie die Autoren, dem IPCC Vorstand. Und der wird von den Regierungen gewählt, vor allem den grün-geprägten Umwelministerien der Länder.
The IPCC: Where’s the Science?
(Mar 11, 2014)
The UN’s climate panel claims to be a ’scientific body.‘ But it’s actually in the business of writing reports that rely on thousands of judgment calls. It’s time to stop pretending that fallible human judgment is ’science.‘
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
Cop26 president: UN climate crisis report is a ‘wake-up call for the world’
He urged “all the major emitters to play their part”, adding the G20 group of nations “is going to be absolutely key in terms of our 1.5-degree future”.
Mr Sharma said countries who are attending the international Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow in November “must send a clear market signal to get the transition moving faster”.
‚Code red for humanity‘: UN report gives stark warning on climate change, says wild weather events will worsen
– Evidence shows that carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change, the report says.
– Almost 200 countries have signed up to the Paris climate accord.
– The report comes three months before a major climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
„Fit for 55“-Paket: Wie die EU-Klimaziele erreicht werden sollen
(14.07.2021)
Von Jakob Mayr, ARD-Studio Brüssel
Das Podium war voll, und es gab nicht genügend Stehpulte für alle Anwesenden: Gleich fünf EU-Kommissarinnen und -Kommissare erschienen mit Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen und ihrem zuständigen Stellvertreter Frans Timmermans, um das Maßnahmenpaket „Fit for 55“ vorzustellen. Schließlich betreffen die Vorschläge unterschiedliche Bereiche der Lebens- und Wirtschaftsweise von 450 Millionen Menschen in Europa.
‘It Is All Connected’: Extreme Weather in the Age of Climate Change
(today)
The question is, how much did climate change affect this specific storm and the resulting floods?
A complete answer will have to await analyses, almost certain to be undertaken given the magnitude of the disaster, that will seek to learn if climate change made this storm more likely, and if so, by how much.
But for many scientists the trend is clear. “The answer is yes — all major weather these days is being affected by the changes in climate,” said Donald J. Wuebbles, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois.
Future Topic Geoengineering: Streitkräfte, Fähigkeiten und Technologien im 21. Jahrhundert
(November 2012)
Für die rechtliche Beurteilung des Einsatzes von Geoengineering ist aufgrund der möglichen globalen Nebenfolgen das Völkerrecht ausschlaggebend. Dort existiert derzeit weder eine verbindliche Definition noch eine direkte Regulierung oder gar ein Verbot. So verbietet zwar das Umweltkriegsabkommen (ENMOD) die Modifikation der Natur zu militärischen Zwecken, es umfasst jedoch nicht das Thema selber. Geoengineering hat per Definition nicht das Ziel der Kriegsführung sondern die Bekämpfung des Klimawandels.
„Geoengineering“-Studie der Bundeswehr relativiert Abkommen gegen Wetterwaffen von 1976
(17. Juni 2013)
Das der „vierten Waffengattung“ Streitkräftebasis unterstehende Dezernat Zukunftsanalyse des Planungsamts der Bundeswehr PlgABw (das ehemalige Zentrum für Transformation der Bundeswehr) hat unter dem Titel „Streitkräfte, Fähigkeiten und Technologien im 21. Jahrhundert“ eine insgesamt 48 Seiten umfassenden Studie (PDF-Datei) veröffentlicht, die sich als wissenschaftlich fundiert präsentiert und ein Angstszenario für das Jahr 2027 beinhaltet. In dem düsteren Szenario herrschen fürchterliche Verhältnisse, die bezeichnenderweise durch simulierte Pressemeldungen einer zukünftigen Mainstream-Presse umschrieben werden.
In dem Zukunftsszenario, immerhin nur 16 Jahre von unserer Gegenwart entfernt, sind Millionen oder gar Milliarden Menschen nicht durch Krieg, Kapitalismus und feudale Verhältnisse, sondern durch erfolgte Änderungen der atmosphärischen Bedingungen auf der Erde vom Hungertod bedroht. Es bleibt also völlig klar, was sich aus Sicht der Bundeswehr niemals droht zu verändern, schließlich wird man ja nur im Krieg gebraucht.
Im Szenario des PlgABw tobt 2027 weltweit ein Kampf von Gegnern und Befürwortern der planetaren Wetterkontrolle (Geoengineering). Millionen Menschen demonstrieren und – was für ein Wunder – nur mit Hilfe des Militärs kann die öffentliche Ordnung (welche denn?) aufrecht erhalten werden.
Bereits das Zitat von Mark Twain zur Einleitung der wissenschaftlichen Begründung für Wetterkontrolle könnte man als dreist bewerten: „Jeder redet über das Wetter, aber keiner tut etwas dagegen“.
Auf Seite 6 der Bundeswehr-Studie wird dann die E.N.M.O.D.-Konvention der Vereinten Nationen gegen Wetterwaffen aus dem Jahre 1976 zuerst ignoriert und im nächsten Satz dahingehend umgedeutet, dass diese zwar die Kriegführung mit Wetterwaffen verbiete, aber nicht „das Thema selber“. Auszug:
„Für die rechtliche Beurteilung des Einsatzes von Geoengineering ist aufgrund der möglichen globalen Nebenfolgen das Völkerrecht ausschlaggebend. Dort existiert derzeit weder eine verbindliche Definition noch eine direkte Regulierung oder gar ein Verbot. So verbietet zwar das Umweltkriegsabkommen (ENMOD) die Modifikation der Natur zu militärischen Zwecken, es umfasst jedoch nicht das Thema selber. Geoengineering hat per Definition nicht das Ziel der Kriegsführung sondern die Bekämpfung des Klimawandels.“
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
Scientists link Earth’s magnetic reversals to changes in planet’s life and climate
(April 19, 2021)
The researchers examined the rings of the tree to look for changes in the amount of carbon-14 over a period of years, Gramling explains. Carbon-14 is useful not only for dating things, but because the interaction of cosmic rays with molecules in the atmosphere produces a lot of it. And when the Earth has a weakened magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the planet.
The scientists indeed found a large spike in carbon-14 in the tree, which they could then compare with the rock record that indicated a magnetic reversal. (…)
In addition, there is the documented rise in cave art right about 41,000-42,000 years ago, Gramling points out.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Be Changing Much Faster Than We Ever Realised
(8 JULY 2020)
Past palaeomagnetic studies have shown that the magnetic field could change direction at up to 1 degree a year, but the latest study suggests that movements of up to 10 degrees annually are possible.
Is Earth’s Magnetic Shield Eroding?
(29.3.2018)
The strength of Earth’s main magnetic field is currently about 29.5 microteslas, down 5 microteslas, or 14 percent from its strength three centuries ago.
We know this. There is no question of this.
Space mission first to observe key interaction between magnetic fields of Earth and sun
Date: May 12, 2016
Source: University of Maryland
Summary: Physicists have now provided the first major results of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, including an unprecedented look at the interaction between the magnetic fields of Earth and the sun. The article describes the first direct and detailed observation of a phenomenon known as magnetic reconnection, which occurs when two opposing magnetic field lines break and reconnect with each other, releasing massive amounts of energy.
Surprise: Solar System „Force Field“ Shrinks Fast
(October 1, 2010)
It’s cold, dusty, and bereft of planets, but the outskirts of our solar system are anything but dull, according to increasing evidence from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) craft.
As charged particles flow out from the sun, they eventually bump up against interstellar medium—the relatively empty areas between stars. These interactions „inflate“ a protective bubble that shields Earth and the entire solar system from potentially harmful cosmic rays (solar system pictures).
The solar wind bubble that protects Earth has been mapped for the first time
Using data IBEX collected on ENAs as it charted just one 11-year solar cycle, the time between shifts in the sun’s magnetic field, researchers built a three-dimensional map of the entire heliosphere, which Reisenfeld says shields Earth and other planets from harmful radiation.
“Our Earth gets bombarded by cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays all the time,” he says. These rays can subtly affect airplanes that fly near the poles, often on trips between Europe or Asia and the US.
Scientists say that to study other planet’s astrospheres, which is what heliospheres are called when they surround other stars, we must first understand our own.
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Neuer EU-Klimaschutzplan : Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
20 Jahre zu spät, aber jetzt passiert es: Europa soll klimaneutral werden. Erster Schritt: 55 Prozent weniger Treibhausgase bis 2030. Ein Kommentar.
Karlsruhe installiert eine präventive Notstands-Verfassung (2)
Aus der freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung wird – vor dem dunklen Hintergrund eines behaupteten „Weltnotstandes – eine Rettungsordnung, die sich anschickt, den weiteren Gang dieses Jahrhunderts zu bestimmen.
Doch diese Große Transformation unserer normativen Ordnung wird nicht in einem einzigen großen und dadurch erkennbaren Akt vollzogen, sondern geschieht scheibchenweise in einzelnen Schutzgesetzen (Infektionsschutz, Klimaschutz, Immissionsschutz, …), die dann durch höchstrichterliche Urteile zu neuen Pfeilern unserer Verfassungsordnung deklariert werden.
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht als Erfüllungsgehilfe der (Corona-)Politik
Aktiv wird man in Karlsruhe nur, wenn der Zeitgeist zu bedienen ist und man sich des Wohlwollens des politmedialen Komplexes sicher sein kann. Dann setzt man sich sogar an die Spitze entsprechender Kampagnen und beschließt zum Beispiel bar jeglicher Sachkunde, dass die Bundesrepublik das Weltklima zu retten habe. Ein Gericht, das lobbygetrieben auf der Basis fiktiver Szenarien Entscheidungen fällt und dabei sogar die bürgerlichen Grundrechte in Frage stellt, macht nicht nur sich selbst zum Gespött, sondern ist eine Gefahr für die Demokratie und die Gewaltenteilung.
„World War Zero“ – John Kerry gründet mächtiges Klimabündnis
02.12.2019
Nach Angaben des ehemaligen US-Außenministers hoffen die Gründungsmitglieder, die US-Bürger „wie im Krieg“ für den Kampf gegen die Treibhausgase mobilisieren zu können. Die Situation beim Klimawandel „wird schlechter, nicht besser“, sagte Kerry dem US-Sender NBC.
Sonnenlicht einmal dimmen, bitte
Praktisch so wie bei einem Thermostat: Unter dem Begriff „Geoengineering“ (auch Climate Engineering) werden Eingriffe in die Kreisläufe der Erde vorgenommen – beispielsweise um den Strahlungshaushalt des Planeten zu steuern. Der Weltklimarat definierte 2014 in seinem fünften Sachstandsbericht Geoengineering als „eine breite Gruppe von Methoden und Technologien, die darauf zielen, vorsätzlich das Klimasystem zu ändern, um die Folgen der Klimawandels abzumildern.“
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Terrawatch: the South Atlantic Anomaly – a growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field
(06.01.2021)
We know that the Earth’s magnetic field has decayed by about 5% per century since measurements began in 1840. And much of that decay is associated with a strangely weak spot between South America and southern Africa, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly. This patch has grown over the last 250 years and today the weak field messes with satellite technology.
Part of Earth’s Magnetic Field is Getting Weaker in ‚Vigorously‘ Developing Anomaly, Scientists Say
(22.05.2020)
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the magnetic field has lost around 9 percent of its strength over the preceding two centuries. One section of the magnetic field has been found to have weakened considerably since 1970.
This patch, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, sits between Africa and South America. Over the last 50 years, it has grown and moved farther west at a rate of roughly 12 miles per year.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Be Changing Much Faster Than We Ever Realised
(08.07.2020)
Quicker changes in direction seem to coincide with a local weakening of the magnetic field, the new research found. One shift in particular was highlighted: a movement of 2.5 degrees per year 39,000 years ago, right after the most recent Laschamp excursion flip, when the Earth’s magnetic field was weakened around the west coast of Central America.
50 years ago, scientists named Earth’s magnetic field as a suspect in extinctions
Excerpt from the November 21, 1970 issue of Science News
A global environmental crisis 42,000 years ago
(19.02.2021)
We find that geomagnetic field minima ~42 ka, in combination with Grand Solar Minima, caused substantial changes in atmospheric ozone concentration and circulation, driving synchronous global climate shifts that caused major environmental changes, extinction events, and transformations in the archaeological record.
Reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles may have triggered Neanderthal extinction — and it could happen again
(19.02.2021)
Some 42,000 years ago, in an event known as the Laschamp Excursion, the poles did just that for around 800 years, before swapping back — but scientists were unsure exactly how or if it impacted the world.
Now, a team of researchers from Sydney’s University of New South Wales and the South Australian Museum say the flip, along with changing solar winds, could have triggered an array of dramatic climate shifts leading to environmental change and mass extinctions.
NASA Missions Make Unprecedented Map of Sun’s Magnetic Field
They’ll have a chance to take that step forward soon: A re-flight of the mission was just greenlit by NASA. Though the launch date isn’t yet set, the team plans to use the same instrument but with a new technique to measure a much broader swath of the Sun.
“Instead of just measuring the magnetic fields along the very narrow strip, we want to scan it across the target and make a two-dimensional map,” McKenzie said.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
President Joe Biden signs executive orders reversing Trump’s policies including mask mandate and immigration reform
Mr Biden’s immediate priority was the pandemic, but climate change and immigration are high on his agenda too
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests were adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992.
Totale Weltordnung: 193 Regierungen beschließen einstimmig „Agenda 2030“
(26. September 2015)
Nochmal in Kürze:
1992 – „Agenda 21“ und UN-„Weltgipfel“ in Rio
1993 – „Kommission für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (CSD)
2012 – Zweiter „Weltgipfel“ in Rio, Papier „Die Zukunft die wir wollen“
2013 – „Hochrangiges politische Forum über nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (HLPF)
Der nun gestern, am 25. September 2015 ergangene „Agenda 2030“-Beschluss der UN ermächtigt u.a. in Punkt 84 das HLPF unter der „Schirmherrschaft“ vom Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat der Vereinten Nationen (ECOSOC) regelmäßige „Überprüfungen“ vorzunehmen,
„eingeschlossen die Zivilgesellschaft und den privaten Sektor“.
NASA, NOAA to Discuss Solar Cycle Prediction During Media Teleconference
Tuesday, 9/15/2020
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 15. Tracking the solar cycle is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on human technology and infrastructure.
During the teleconference, experts on the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel will discuss recent updates in solar cycle progress, and the forecast for the upcoming cycle, Solar Cycle 25.
Solar Rotation Effects on The Thermospheres of Mars and Earth
(spring 2006)
The first thing that must be understood in this paper is the chain of events that is being tracked. From the Sun’s rotational quirks, to their effects on CO2 in the respective atmospheres of Mars and Earth. There is also a comparison to older, normalized data from Venus.
(…)
Interestingly, once the data was compiled, there was no correlation found between the levels of CO2 found in the upper atmosphere (~150km on Earth, where this transformation takes place.) Broadening their search, the authors found a strong correlation between the ratio of CO2/O2 and the thermal changes. They feel this suggests that the thermal diffusion effect relies on some form of resonance between the two molecules involved
Equatorial solar rotation and its relation to climatic changes
(29. September 1977)
During the years from 1965 to 1976, the magnitude of the solar rotation speed averaged annually showed a good inverse correlation with the annual relative sunspot numbers. It is suggested that this variation of the equatorial solar rotation speed may be responsible for the earth’s present unusual climatic conditions. A similarity concerning the low sunspot activity for 1976 and the year 1643, just before the beginning of the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) with its very severe climatic conditions, is pointed out. It appears, therefore, likely that the present unusual climatic conditions will remain as long as the solar activity continues to decrease.
Periodic variations of solar radiation – a possible source of solar activity-weather effects
(May 1979)
It is suggested that long-lasting co-rotating active longitudes on the Sun may be associated with small variations of the solar radiation reaching the Earth. The oscillations have a basic period of about 27 days and are not expected to have amplitudes greater than 0.1%. They result in a time-varying heat input to the Earth’s continents and, since the land exchanges heat with the overlying atmosphere, this oscillatory heating process generates large-scale planetary waves, mainly of the Rossby-Haurwitz type, in the atmosphere.
The effect of the 11-year solar-cycle on the temperature in the upper-stratosphere and mesosphere: Part II numerical simulations and the role of planetary waves
(July 2005)
The numerical simulations presented here suggest a mechanism by which a small change induced by the solar forcing can generate a large atmospheric response.
Rossby waves and extreme weather
(15.4.2016)
Learn how giant airstreams high in the sky get trapped sometimes – leading to devastating weather extremes on the ground. Copyright: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK and Climate Media Factory. This video was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Researchers find link between Atlantic hurricanes and weather system in East Asia
(11.08.2020)
In the new study, the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers say that a stronger East Asian Subtropical Jet Stream (EASJ) is associated with fewer Atlantic tropical cyclones.
The EASJ is an upper-level river of wind that originates in East Asia and moves west to east across the globe. It carries with it an atmospheric phenomenon called a Rossby wave.
Rossby waves occur naturally in the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere, forming because of the planet’s rotation
NASA Researchers Track Slowly Splitting ‚Dent‘ in Earth’s Magnetic Field
(17.08.2020)
Earth’s magnetic field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually weak spot in the field – called the South Atlantic Anomaly, or SAA – allows these particles to dip closer to the surface than normal. Particle radiation in this region can knock out onboard computers and interfere with the data collection of satellites that pass through it – a key reason why NASA scientists want to track and study the anomaly.
The South Atlantic Anomaly is also of interest to NASA’s Earth scientists who monitor the changes in magnetic field strength there, both for how such changes affect Earth’s atmosphere and as an indicator of what’s happening to Earth’s magnetic fields, deep inside the globe.
NASA investigates mysterious South Atlantic Anomaly
(18.08.2020)
Scientists at NASA are investigating the mysterious South Atlantic Anomaly, a region of weakness in the Earth’s magnetic field that is growing in size.
On average, the planet’s magnetic field has lost almost 10% of its strength over the last two centuries – but there is a large localised region of weakness stretching from Africa to South America.
Rapid geomagnetic changes inferred from Earth observations and numerical simulations
(06.07.2020)
Rapid changes in field direction have also attracted significant attention, particularly in the context of polarity reversals18. Historically, the fastest directional changes were attributed to lava flows at Steens Mountain, though these results are now thought to be untenable19. Currently, the fastest directional changes noted are those recorded by sediments in central Italy20, where angular changes in the Virtual Geomagnetic Pole position (P^V) reach values of ∂P^V/∂t∼1∘yr−1. These rates are about a factor of 10 faster than values of ∂P^V/∂t∼0.1∘yr−1 for the modern field, similar to the difference in rates of intensity change between the modern field and spikes.
Earth’s magnetic field can change 10 times faster than previously thought
(06.07.2020)
The clearest example of this in their study is a sharp change in the geomagnetic field direction of roughly 2.5 degrees per year 39,000 years ago. This shift was associated with a locally weak field strength, in a confined spatial region just off the west coast of Central America, and followed the global Laschamp excursion — a short reversal of the Earth’s magnetic field roughly 41,000 years ago.
The Thermosphere Responds to a Weaker Than Normal Solar Cycle
(05.04.2019)
The cooling near solar minimum is natural and specific to the thermosphere. The cooling thermosphere does not affect the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface where people live. The temperatures we experience on the ground do not get colder because of this solar cycle. NASA and other climate researchers continue to see a warming trend in the troposphere. These two effects are ongoing but unrelated.
Nitric oxide and carbon dioxide play important roles in cooling the thermosphere.
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
Zum Venustransit: Leben in Säurewolken?
(07.06.2004)
Andere Astrobiologen haben dagegen noch grundsätzlichere Bedenken. Wenn es die venerischen Luftbazillen wirklich gäbe, so ihr Einwand, hätten sie oder ihre Stoffwechselprodukte in den Meßdaten der Venussonden schon lange auffallen müssen. „Wo Leben existieren kann, neigt es zu Dominanz“, sagt etwa der Nasa-Astrobiologe Chris McKay. „Wenn ich aus meinem Fenster blicke, sehe ich überall Grün – warum, bitte, sind die Venuswolken nicht grün?“
Venus clouds ‚might harbour life‘
(25.05.2004)
„Current theories suggest that Venus and the Earth may have started out alike. There might have been a lot of water on Venus and there might have been a lot of carbon dioxide on Earth,“ Professor Ingersoll explained.
But all that was to change. On Earth, life in the oceans took in carbon dioxide and turned it into limestone. On Venus, 30% closer to the Sun, any oceans boiled away and the water vapour added to the runaway greenhouse effect.
Life in the Clouds of Venus?
(16.09.1967)
WHILE the surface conditions of Venus make the hypothesis of life there implausible, the clouds of Venus are a different story altogether. As was pointed out some years ago, water, carbon dioxide and sunlight—the prerequisites for photosynthesis—are plentiful in the vicinity of the clouds. Since then, good additional evidence has been provided that the clouds are composed of ice crystals at their tops and it seems likely that there are water droplets toward their bottoms. Independent evidence for water vapour also exists5.
Water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus
(December 1972)
Infrared spectra of Venus produced by a Fourier spectrometer flown aboard the NASA CV 990 jet aircraft were analyzed for water-vapor content by comparison with calculated model spectra. The reflecting layer model gave an abundance of 1.6 ± 0.4 μ of precipitable water for the two-way transmission of the Venus atmosphere. The scattering model resulted in a value of 0.25 ± 0.10 μ of water per scattering mean free path.
Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Signal in Its Clouds
(14.09.2020)
“This is an astonishing and ‘out of the blue’ finding,” said Sara Seager, a planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an author of the papers (one published in Nature Astronomy and another submitted to the journal Astrobiology). “It will definitely fuel more research into the possibilities for life in Venus’s atmosphere.”
Detection of phosphine: new aspects of the phosphorus cycle in the hydrosphere
(26.05.1988)
According to our measurements and calculations, about 5g of phosphorus per day was released as phosphine from an Imhoff tank settling 2,000 m3 per day of raw sewage. Under laboratory conditions, it was also demonstrated that phosphine is released by bacterial reduction from a medium containing inorganic phosphorus.
Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus
(14.09.2020)
Here we report the apparent presence of phosphine (PH3) gas in Venus’s atmosphere, where any phosphorus should be in oxidized forms. Single-line millimetre-waveband spectral detections (quality up to ~15σ) from the JCMT and ALMA telescopes have no other plausible identification.
Meteorite study suggests Earth may have always been wet
(27.08.2020)
A new study finds that Earth’s water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed — instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water.
Earth’s water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites
(28.08.2020)
The origin of Earth’s water remains unknown. Enstatite chondrite (EC) meteorites have similar isotopic composition to terrestrial rocks and thus may be representative of the material that formed Earth. ECs are presumed to be devoid of water because they formed in the inner Solar System. Earth’s water is therefore generally attributed to the late addition of a small fraction of hydrated materials, such as carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, which originated in the outer Solar System where water was more abundant. We show that EC meteorites contain sufficient hydrogen to have delivered to Earth at least three times the mass of water in its oceans.
The Earth’s magnetic field in Jerusalem during the Babylonian destruction: A unique reference for field behavior and an anchor for archaeomagnetic dating
Archaeomagnetism, the application of paleomagnetic methods to archaeological materials, is interdisciplinary not only in its methods but also in its impact. Well-dated archaeological materials are a critical data source for geomagnetic secular variation models [1–6], which are used to explore the dynamic structure of Earth’s core [7, 8], the rates of cosmogenic isotope production in the atmosphere [9–11] and the possible effect of geomagnetism on climate [11–13]. Precise documentation of the ancient field also helps contextualize geomagnetic observations from the modern era, such as the evolution of the South Atlantic Anomaly [14, 15] and the ongoing decline in the field’s intensity [16–18].
Ruins of Ancient Jerusalem Help Unravel Enigmas of Earth’s Magnetic Field
Albert Einstein once called the behavior of the magnetic field one of the great mysteries of physics, but understanding and possibly predicting its changes has taken on a new urgency for scientists. The field has lost around 10 percent of its strength since measurements began less than 200 years ago, leading some researchers to question whether we are on the way to a flip in polarity, which would be preceded by a loss of our precious shield against cosmic radiation.
Wetterprognose: Suche nach Alternativen
So wurden europaweit mehr Wetterballone, sogenannte Radiosonden, in die Luft geschickt.
The Sun Has Entered ‘Very Deep’ Solar Minimum
(today)
While these things are still ongoing debates, one thing that NASA did find to happen during solar minimum was an increased number of galactic cosmic rays that reach Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Galactic cosmic rays are high energy particles accelerated toward the solar system by distant supernova explosions and other violent events in the galaxy.
Klimaforscher: „Keine Rückkehr zum gewohnten Alltag“ nach Corona
„Sie haben in der Covid-19-Krise ein professionelles Krisenmanagement aufgezogen und sich nicht vor einschneidenden Maßnahmen gescheut“, so beginnt das zweiseitige Schreiben. Dabei habe sich gezeigt, „dass professionelle, politische und im Sinn des Gemeinwohls notwendige Steuerung von der Bevölkerung weitgehend positiv bewertet wird und Bereitschaft zu adäquatem Handeln besteht“.
Merkur: BepiColombo macht letzte Schnappschüsse von der Erde
Darüber hinaus waren einige der Sensoren der zweiten Missionskomponente, nämlich des JAXA-Magnetosphärenorbiters (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, kurz MIO), aktiviert.
Scientists found a secret in old Voyager 2 data. This is why we need to revisit Uranus and Neptune
„The way in which the sun’s solar wind interacts with Uranus is unlike any planet we’ve ever explored,“ DiBraccio said. „We are left with questions regarding to what degree the solar wind affects dynamics at Uranus such as transporting atmospheric particles, transferring energy and even changing the planet’s climate over time.“
Is Earth’s Magnetic Shield Eroding?
(29.3.2018)
The strength of Earth’s main magnetic field is currently about 29.5 microteslas, down 5 microteslas, or 14 percent from its strength three centuries ago.
We know this. There is no question of this.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Fading
(09.09.2004)
Today, it is about 10 percent weaker than it was in 1845, but what does that mean for us?
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
I have always been interested in galactic archaeology, but I don’t think this is what they meant. Did you know that dinosaurs lived on the other side of the Galaxy?
(28.08.2019)
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Paradoxon der schwachen jungen Sonne
Unter dem Paradoxon der schwachen jungen Sonne versteht man den noch nicht vollständig geklärten Widerspruch zwischen der geringen Strahlungsleistung der jungen Sonne in der frühen Erdgeschichte und dem nicht entsprechend kälteren Klima zu dieser Zeit. Auf diese Diskrepanz wiesen erstmals die Astronomen Carl Sagan und George Mullen 1972 hin.[sm 1]
Sagan schlug eine vergleichsweise hohe Konzentration von Treibhausgasen als mögliche übergeordnete Erklärung vor, was sich aber für den fraglichen Zeitraum nicht bestätigt hat. Im Gegenteil, die im Archaikum stattgefundenen bedeutenden Änderungen der Atmosphärenzusammensetzung und der in Vergleich zur jüngeren Erdgeschichte nach einer globalen Vereisung vor 2,4 Milliarden Jahren lange Zeit relativ gleichmäßige Klimaverlauf (vgl. boring billion, dt. langweilige Milliarde[jko 1]) werfen eher zusätzliche Fragen auf. Über Jahrzehnte geführte kontroverse Diskussionen in Geologie, Astrophysik, Planetologie, Klimatologie und Atmosphärenwissenschaften machten das Paradoxon zu einer „der großen offenen Fragen der Paläoklimatologie“.
Faint young Sun paradox
The faint young Sun paradox or faint young Sun problem describes the apparent contradiction between observations of liquid water early in Earth’s history and the astrophysical expectation that the Sun’s output would be only 70 percent as intense during that epoch as it is during the modern epoch.[1] The issue was raised by astronomers Carl Sagan and George Mullen in 1972.[2] Proposed resolutions of this paradox have taken into account greenhouse effects, astrophysical influences, or a combination of the two.
An unresolved question is how a climate suitable for life was maintained on Earth over the long timescale despite the variable solar output and wide range of terrestrial conditions.
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
I have always been interested in galactic archaeology, but I don’t think this is what they meant. Did you know that dinosaurs lived on the other side of the Galaxy?
(28.08.2019)
Equatorial solar rotation and its relation to climatic changes
(29. September 1977)
During the years from 1965 to 1976, the magnitude of the solar rotation speed averaged annually showed a good inverse correlation with the annual relative sunspot numbers. It is suggested that this variation of the equatorial solar rotation speed may be responsible for the earth’s present unusual climatic conditions. A similarity concerning the low sunspot activity for 1976 and the year 1643, just before the beginning of the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) with its very severe climatic conditions, is pointed out. It appears, therefore, likely that the present unusual climatic conditions will remain as long as the solar activity continues to decrease.
Pluto Is Emitting X-Rays, and That’s Really Weird
(16.09.2016)
The most likely explanation, according to Wolk, is that high energy particles from the solar wind are colliding with escaped bits of Pluto’s atmosphere—which is mostly nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen—stripping away electrons, and producing an x-ray flare. If true, that’s a very important insight, because it means Pluto’s atmosphere is boiling away into space. Slowly.
Sun’s Magnetic Field To ‚Flip‘ Causing ‚A Ripple Effect‘ Past Pluto (VIDEO)
(06.08.2013)
The polar switch also affects cosmic rays, which can endanger satellites and astronauts. Disturbances in the rays could even affect Earth’s climate.
The sheet acts as a „shield“ against these rays, and a wavy current sheet can be even more effective.
Earth and Mars: Evolution of Atmospheres and Surface Temperatures
(7. Juli 1972)
Indeed, detailed global climatic models (17) suggest that a relative increase in A of only 2 percent is enough to induce extensive glaciation on Earth, which implies that the present climate is extremely sensitive to albedo. This leaves changes in atmospheric composition as a possible explanation. Major variations in the CO2 abundance will have only minor greenhouse effects because the strongest bands are nearly saturated. A change in the present CO2 abundance by a factor of 2 will produce directly a 2° variation in surface temperature (18). The CO2 abundance is highly controlled by silicate-carbonate equilibria; by buffering with seawater, which contains almost 100 times the atmospheric CO2; and by the respiration and photosynthesis feedback loop (19).
Paradoxon der schwachen jungen Sonne
Unter dem Paradoxon der schwachen jungen Sonne versteht man den noch nicht vollständig geklärten Widerspruch zwischen der geringen Strahlungsleistung der jungen Sonne in der frühen Erdgeschichte und dem nicht entsprechend kälteren Klima zu dieser Zeit. Auf diese Diskrepanz wiesen erstmals die Astronomen Carl Sagan und George Mullen 1972 hin.[sm 1]
Sagan schlug eine vergleichsweise hohe Konzentration von Treibhausgasen als mögliche übergeordnete Erklärung vor, was sich aber für den fraglichen Zeitraum nicht bestätigt hat. Im Gegenteil, die im Archaikum stattgefundenen bedeutenden Änderungen der Atmosphärenzusammensetzung und der in Vergleich zur jüngeren Erdgeschichte nach einer globalen Vereisung vor 2,4 Milliarden Jahren lange Zeit relativ gleichmäßige Klimaverlauf (vgl. boring billion, dt. langweilige Milliarde[jko 1]) werfen eher zusätzliche Fragen auf. Über Jahrzehnte geführte kontroverse Diskussionen in Geologie, Astrophysik, Planetologie, Klimatologie und Atmosphärenwissenschaften machten das Paradoxon zu einer „der großen offenen Fragen der Paläoklimatologie“.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Magnetic Flux Ropes in the Martian Atmosphere: Global Characteristics
(März 2004)
We report observations of magnetic fields amplitude, which consist of a series of individual spikes in the Martian atmosphere. A minimum variance analysis shows that these spikes form twisted cylindrical filaments. These small diameter magnetic filaments are commonly called magnetic flux ropes. We examine the global characteristics of magnetic flux ropes, which are observed on 5% of the elliptical orbits of Mars Global Surveyor.
MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Flux Ropes in Mercury’s Plasma Sheet
(2014)
A superposed epoch analysis demonstrates that the magnetic structure of the flux ropes issimilar to what is observed at Earth, but the timescales are 40 times faster at Mercury.
Magnetic Rope observed for the first time between Saturn and the Sun
(06.07.2016)
The Cassini spacecraft has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004, and after many years analyzing the data collected, Cassini has observed the first FTE at Saturn.
Magnetic Reconnection in the Near Venusian Magnetotail
(04.05.2012)
Observations with the Venus Express magnetometer and low-energy particle detector revealed magnetic field and plasma behavior in the near-Venus wake that is symptomatic of magnetic reconnection, a process that occurs in Earth’s magnetotail but is not expected in the magnetotail of a nonmagnetized planet such as Venus.
Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun
(30.10.2008)
„It’s called a flux transfer event or ‚FTE,'“ says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. „Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn’t exist, but now the evidence is incontrovertible.“
Indeed, today Sibeck is telling an international assembly of space physicists at the 2008 Plasma Workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, that FTEs are not just common, but possibly twice as common as anyone had ever imagined.
Earth’s Magnetic Field is Weakening And Could Collapse Eventually, Expert Warns
(26.12.2019)
Hardwick noted that SWARM revealed that the magnetic field over certain areas of Earth has decreased dramatically. However, in certain areas, it appears to have strengthened.
“What SWARM has actually found is that after 2.5 years of observation, the Earth’s magnetic field has weakened by about 3.5 [percent] at high latitudes over North America, while it has strengthened about 2 [percent] over Asia,” he wrote on Quora. “In other words, it wiggles and wobbles.”
Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Fading
(09.09.2004)
Today, it is about 10 percent weaker than it was in 1845, but what does that mean for us?
Earth’s inner core nucleation paradox
(April 2018)
Using constraints from experiments, simulations, and theory, we show that spontaneous crystallization in a homogeneous liquid iron alloy at Earth’s core pressures requires a critical supercooling of order 1000 K, which is too large to be a plausible mechanism for the origin of Earth’s inner core. We consider mechanisms that can lower the nucleation barrier substantially. Each has caveats, yet the inner core exists: this is the nucleation paradox.
Earth’s Inner Core Shouldn’t Technically Exist
(09.02.2018)
In their paper, the researchers proposed one possibility: Perhaps a massive nugget of solid metal alloy dropped from the mantle and plunged into the liquid core.
Challenging core belief: Have we misunderstood how Earth’s solid center formed?
(07.02.2018)
It is widely accepted that the Earth’s inner core formed about a billion years ago when a solid, super-hot iron nugget spontaneously began to crystallize inside a 4,200-mile-wide ball of liquid metal at the planet’s center.
One problem: That’s not possible-or, at least, has never been easily explained-according to a new paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters from a team of scientists at Case Western Reserve University.
Extreme geomagnetic reversal frequency during the Middle Cambrian as revealed by the magnetostratigraphy of the Khorbusuonka section (northeastern Siberia)
(15.12.2019)
A geomagnetic reversal frequency of 26 reversals per Myr is therefore estimated for the Drumian, reduced to 15 reversals per Myr if only the polarity intervals defined by at least two consecutive samples are retained. This is an extreme reversal rate, similar to that reported for the Late Ediacaran (late Precambrian), ∼50 Myr earlier, and proposed to be potentially linked to a late nucleation of the inner core.
Earth’s magnetic field flips much more frequently than we thought
(02.10.2019)
For now, the new study offers more questions than answers.
Earth’s magnetic north pole is heading for Russia and scientists are puzzled
(18.12.2019)
A weakened magnetic field allows more cosmic radiation from space to strike our atmosphere, which creates more beryllium.
The actual reversal took less than 4,000 years — a drop in the bucket when compared to Earth’s timeline so far. But leading up to that reversal were 18,000 years of instability, including two temporary and partial reversals. This is twice as long as expected.
Press Conference: Postcards from the edge of space: New images, new phenomena, and new insights
Tuesday, 10 December, 2:30 p.m. │ Presentations SA11A-01, SM51G-3219
In this briefing, scientists will present new images from Earth’s ionosphere, bringing color to processes that have widespread implications for the part of space closest to home. This collection of photos will span the first images ever captured by NASA’s ICON spacecraft — just launched in October 2019 — and the first science discoveries from NASA’s GOLD mission, along with observations of a never-before-studied type of aurora.
Participants:
Jennifer Briggs, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, United States;
Richard Eastes, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States;
Thomas Immel, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States.
A mysterious crunch in Earth’s magnetic field created a new type of aurora borealis. A NASA intern discovered it.
(26.12.2019)
A NASA intern discovered a new type of aurora in 3-year-old video footage of the Arctic sky.
Ausblick auf 2020 – Ein „deutsches“ Jahr für Europa
Schon Projekt Nummer eins, das im Januar präsentiert werden soll, sorgt für Diskussionen: der „Fonds für den gerechten Wandel“. Aus diesem Topf sollen Fördergelder an jene EU-Länder und Regionen fließen, die unter der Umstellung auf klimafreundliche Technologien am stärksten leiden, zum Beispiel polnische und deutsche Kohlereviere. 100 Milliarden Euro hat Von der Leyen angekündigt. Mit Spannung wird nun erwartet, wo das Geld herkommen soll.
A giant red star is acting weird and scientists think it may be about to explode
The red supergiant would glow a vibrant blue for three of four months, and would take about a year to fade out.
„It would be a really bright star visible in the daytime,“ Guinan said.
There wouldn’t be any direct danger to life on earth, but ultraviolet radiation from the celestial blast could scorch ozone in our atmosphere.
Global storms on Mars shoot dust towers up into the air
Water vapor appears on Mars today as thin, wispy clouds.
A NASA scientist’s incredible animation shows how dinosaurs roamed the Earth on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy
Our sun orbits the galaxy’s center, so many dinosaurs roamed the Earth while the planet was on the other side of the Milky Way.
Our solar system’s orbit keeps us just the right distance from the galaxy’s chaotic center for life to exist.
I have always been interested in galactic archaeology, but I don’t think this is what they meant. Did you know that dinosaurs lived on the other side of the Galaxy?
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
The Curiosity rover detects oxygen behaving strangely on Mars
„We’re struggling to explain this,“ said Melissa Trainer, study author and planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. „The fact that the oxygen behavior isn’t perfectly repeatable every season makes us think that it’s not an issue that has to do with atmospheric dynamics. It has to be some chemical source and sink (of elements into the soil) that we can’t yet account for.“
It relates back to the methane mystery.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Sun’s protective ‚bubble‘ is shrinking
(18.10.2008)
The protective bubble around the sun that helps to shield the Earth from harmful interstellar radiation is shrinking and getting weaker, Nasa scientists have warned.
Pseudoradikale Rebellion fürs Gewissen: Eine Kritik
Diese Scheinradikalität ist der Grund für die Faszination weiter Teile der bürgerlichen Mitte mit „XR“. Das liberale Bürgertum hat verständlicherweise weit weniger Berührungsängste mit „Extinction Rebellion“ als beispielsweise mit antikapitalistischen, linken Gruppierungen, die zwar ganz ähnlich vorgehen, jedoch auf eine tatsächliche Umgestaltung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft abzielen und damit eine Gefahr für die herrschende Ordnung darstellen. Die „Faszination XR“ ist also die direkte Folge der Inhaltsleere der Gruppierung: Hier kann die linksliberale Jugend Radikalismus spielen und sich selbst auf die Schulter klopfen, ohne an den Grundfesten von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zu rütteln.
Is this how we’ll live on Mars?
„The climate crisis is — rightly — frightening a lot of people, and there is a tendency to think of Mars as a sort of escape hatch for humanity, a planet B, which is very dangerous and problematic,“ said Watson.
Methane, Ammonia on Mars? Mariner 7 Sees Hint of Life
(8.August 1969)
Pimentel´s evidence was from an infrared spectrometer, designed to detect elements by measuring their radiation.
Is there methane on Mars?
(2011)
The first discovery of methane on Mars was announced in 1969 at a press conference by the Mariner 7 Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) team just two days after the flyby.
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
The bottom line is that this is a week of naked political horse trading that goes on behind closed doors. Journalists are not allowed to witness what takes place, which is why we’ve been looking at official IPCC photos here. This is what they permit us to see.
It’s only after the diplomats have haggled over this Summary – paragraph by paragraph – that the final version gets officially released at a press conference.
The world is then told that science has spoken. But what’s just happened has nothing to do with science. Scientific truth is not determined in the dead of night by UN-level negotiations. On what planet would such an approach make scientific sense?
But the bad news doesn’t stop there. There’s actually a step in the IPCC process in which the original, lengthy report gets amended so that it conforms to the politically-negotiated Summary. I am not making this up.
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Is Earth’s Magnetic Shield Eroding?
(29.3.2018)
The strength of Earth’s main magnetic field is currently about 29.5 microteslas, down 5 microteslas, or 14 percent from its strength three centuries ago.
We know this. There is no question of this.
Strong planetary magnetic fields like Earth’s may protect oceans from stellar storms
(14.03.2019)
„Magnetic fields appear to play an essential role in making planets habitable, so I wanted to find out how Earth’s magnetic field compared to those of other potentially habitable planets,“ she said.
Ms McIntyre said Earth’s strong magnetic field had probably played an important role in protecting the atmosphere from the solar wind and keeping the planet wet and habitable.
„Venus and Mars have negligible magnetic fields and do not support life, while Earth’s magnetic field is relatively strong and does,“ she said.
Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a magnetic field to shield its atmosphere from solar wind:
(05.11.2015)
Rewind the Red Planet: See the Surprising Ways Mars Has Changed in 3 Billion Years
(21.11.2016)
Mars today is a chilly desert. But ancient landscapes reveal a times when water may have flowed freely. Scroll to see how the red planet has evolved
Why doesn’t Venus have a magnetic field ?
Current theories of the formation and evolution of the terrestrial planets do support an Earth scale magnetic dipole (magnetic field) on Venus for perhaps the first billion years or so after formation.
A view to the possible habitability of ancient Venus over three billion years
(20.09.2019)
The long-term evolutionary history of Venus’ climate largely remains a mystery.
Save Greta: Forget saving the planet – we need to save Greta from the death cult of environmentalism.
With each nightmarish word, with each unhinged dystopian prediction of doom, her voice wobbled and her emotions span out of control. It was a public meltdown. And of course the politicians applauded it – perversely, they love nothing more than being told how awful they are by a petrified, disorientated girl.
Who did this to Greta? Who turned a bright and curious 16-year-old schoolgirl into a prophet of horror, into a young woman who admits to feeling terror and who believes the Earth is on fire?
More than 90 heads of state are descending on New York City. Here’s what to watch for
Breaking with tradition, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told country leaders not to come to the podium Monday without „concrete and transformative plans“ to halt rising global temperatures, achieve carbon neutrality and cut carbon emissions by 45 percent. VIPs with proposals have been told they have just three minutes to speak.
How concrete the results of the summit will actually be is unclear. The UN doesn’t have a global climate army to roam the planet stopping pollution, so it’s up to the 193 nations of the UN to take action.
When Neptune got its stunning close-up: The Voyager 2 flyby, 30 years later
They discovered that Neptune’s magnetic field was tipped on its side. They found a giant spot called the Great Dark Spot on the planet, similar to Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. But the event was passing, because it was no longer there when the Hubble Space Telescope looked four years later.
The false promise of nuclear power in an age of climate change
There are now more than 450 nuclear reactors throughout the world. If nuclear power is embraced as a rescue technology, there would be many times that number, creating a worldwide chain of nuclear danger zones—a planetary system of potential self-annihilation. To be fearful of such a development is rational. What is irrational is to dismiss this concern, and to insist, after the experience of more than a half-century, that a “fourth generation” of nuclear power will change everything.
Das Ende des Wachsens der Weltbevölkerung
(28. Dezember 2010)
Laut einer Studie der Vereinten Nationen (UNO) hat sich die weltweite Geburtenrate seit den 70er Jahren fast halbiert. Bereits 2001 berichtete eine Studie hochrangiger Wissenschaftler vom „Ende des Wachstums der Weltbevölkerung“. Währenddessen heulen uns imperialistische Menschenfeinde und neokonservative Berufsheuchler des blöden-superblöden Abendlandes über „demographischen Wandel“ und „Überbevölkerung“ die Ohren voll.
Human overpopulation
Human overpopulation (or population overshoot) is when there are too many people for the environment to sustain (with food, drinkable water, breathable air, etc.). In more scientific terms, there is overshoot when the ecological footprint of a human population in a geographical area exceeds that place’s carrying capacity, damaging the environment faster than nature can repair it, potentially leading to an ecological and societal collapse. Overpopulation could apply to the population of a specific region, or to world population as a whole.
Was bei einem globalen Atomkrieg passieren würde
Die neueste Modellrechnung stammt von einer Gruppe um Joshua Coupe (Rutgers University), die sich ebenfalls ganz auf die Klimafolgen aufgrund eines Atomkriegs beschränken. (Würden etwas mehr als die Hälfte der Atombomben in Großstädten detonieren, dürften allein dadurch rund drei Milliarden Menschen sofort getötet werden.)
Fascists‘ Terrifying Solution to the Climate Crisis
At the same time, the combination of racist ideology and fear of environmental destruction is particularly volatile and dangerous, because it stirs primal fears that haunt many on our warming planet, especially young people in the West. It attaches itself to an array of conspiracy theories and philosophies drawing on social Darwinism. The result is that the climate emergency is taking on a harrowing interpretation.
In praise of the bands that said no to Greta Thunberg
Saying No to Greta and her establishment-backed moaning about the man-made cataclysm that will shortly devour humanity yada yada is the most rock’n’roll thing you can do right now.
Centennial cycles of the solar activity and Earth rotation
(Oktober 2011)
The irregular and long-term variations of the Earth rotation are mainly caused by the displacements
of matter in different parts of the planet which excitation mechanism is the influence of the Sun and
solar activity cycles. The solar cycles can drive great number of geodynamical processes connected with the convections of the Earth fluids on the surface and inside the Earth. Many of climate and weather parameters are affected directly by the variations of the solar activity.
Solar Wind, Earth’s Rotation and Changes in Terrestrial Climate
(08.03.2013)
Another effect of the interaction between the Solar Wind and the Earth’s magnetic field seems to be that it affects the Earth’s rate of rotation where Solar Minima lead to accelerations and Solar Maxima to decelerations (as discussed in previous papers; [2,5-10]). Several authors have noted a correlation between sunspot activity and Earth’s rotation [2,8-23] or Solar-planetary cycles and Earth’s rotation [10,24-32].
Golovkov [13] plotted Earth’s rate of rotation (spin rate) against sunspot numbers and found that high spin rates correlated with low sunspot numbers and low spin rates with high sunspot numbers. Mörner [2] plotted LOD against sunspot numbers for the period 1831–1995 and found a linear relationship where low LOD values (high spin rate) correlated with low sunspot numbers and high LOD values with high sunspot numbers. Consequently, the Earth’s rotation accelerates at low solar activity and decelerates at high solar activity.
The relations among solar activity, Solar Wind, variations in Earth’s atmospheric shielding capacity and variations in the Earth’s rate of rotation are expressed in Fig. 1
Solar Wind, Earth’s Rotation and Changes in Terrestrial Climate
(2013)
Solar variability affects Earth climate. It is proposed that this forcing primarily goes via the interaction of the Solar Wind with the Earth’s magnetosphere, rather than via changes in irradiance, which is generally assumed. The cyclic variations in Solar Wind emission generate corresponding changes in the Earth’s rate of rotation (LOD), as recorded by correlations between sunspot numbers and LOD-variations. Variations in Earth’s rotation affect not only the atmospheric circulation but also the ocean circulation.
Equatorial solar rotation and its relation to climatic changes
(29. September 1977)
During the years from 1965 to 1976, the magnitude of the solar rotation speed averaged annually showed a good inverse correlation with the annual relative sunspot numbers. It is suggested that this variation of the equatorial solar rotation speed may be responsible for the earth’s present unusual climatic conditions. A similarity concerning the low sunspot activity for 1976 and the year 1643, just before the beginning of the Maunder Minimum (1645-1715) with its very severe climatic conditions, is pointed out. It appears, therefore, likely that the present unusual climatic conditions will remain as long as the solar activity continues to decrease.
The Space Station Crosses a Spotless Sun
(15.07.2019)
Transiting the Sun is not very unusual for the ISS, which orbits the Earth about every 90 minutes, but getting one’s timing and equipment just right for a great image is rare. Strangely, besides that fake spot, in this recent two-image composite, the Sun lacked any real sunspots. The featured picture combines two images — one capturing the space station transiting the Sun — and another taken consecutively capturing details of the Sun’s surface. Sunspots have been rare on the Sun since the dawn of the current Solar Minimum, a period of low solar activity. For reasons not yet fully understood, the number of sunspots occurring during both the previous and current solar minima have been unusually low.
Solar Cycle 25: May Be The Smallest In Over 300 Years
(26.01.2012)
Livingston and Penn provided the first hard estimate of Solar Cycle 25 amplitude based on a physical model. That estimate is 7, which would make it the smallest solar cycle for over 300 years.
This is figure 2 from their paper:
Livingston and Penn have been tracking the decline in sunspot magnetic field, predicting that sunspots will disappear when the umbral magnetic field strength falls below 1,500 gauss, as per this figure from their 2010 paper:
Sun Headed Into Hibernation, Solar Studies Predict: Sunspots may disappear altogether in next cycle.
(14.06.2011)
This time, however, the rush to the poles is more of a crawl, which means we could be headed toward a very weak solar maximum in 2013—and it may delay or even prevent the start of the next solar cycle.
Taken together, the three lines of evidence strongly hint that Solar Cycle 25 may be a bust, the scientists said today during a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Long Range Solar Forecast: Solar Cycle 25 peaking around 2022 could be one of the weakest in centuries.
(10.05.2006)
How do you observe a belt that plunges 200,000 km below the surface of the sun?
„We do it using sunspots,“ Hathaway explains. Sunspots are magnetic knots that bubble up from the base of the conveyor belt, eventually popping through the surface of the sun. Astronomers have long known that sunspots have a tendency to drift—from mid solar latitudes toward the sun’s equator. According to current thinking, this drift is caused by the motion of the conveyor belt. „By measuring the drift of sunspot groups,“ says Hathaway, „we indirectly measure the speed of the belt.“
Space Weather Impacts On Climate
All weather on Earth, from the surface of the planet out into space, begins with the Sun. Space weather and terrestrial weather (the weather we feel at the surface) are influenced by the small changes the Sun undergoes during its solar cycle.
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The duration of solar minimum may also have an impact on Earth’s climate. During solar minimum there is a maximum in the amount of Cosmic rays, high energy particles whose source is outside our Solar system, reaching earth. There is a theory that cosmic rays can create nucleation sites in the atmosphere which seed cloud formation and create cloudier conditions. If this were true, then there would be a significant impact on climate, which would be modulated by the 11-year solar cycle.
3 Things Scientists Need to Know About the IPCC
(01.09.2015)
So what’s going on here? How do we explain this outlandish, perverse process?
Well Rajendra Pachauri, who chaired the IPCC for 13 years, said that its “main customer” was something called the UNFCCC. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele is an IPCC official who’s working very hard to become its new chairman. This is slide #26 from a presentation he gave a few years ago: The IPCC, he says, is “eager to continue serving the UNFCCC process.” What does that mean?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international treaty. If you’re the UN, and you’re trying to persuade nearly 200 different parties to act together, you need to start from somewhere. You need an established body of facts, a master document, a bible that everyone can use as a jumping-off point. IPCC reports, it turns out, serve that purpose.
In other words, the IPCC’s primary function is to enable a political instrument – a treaty between nation states. This is high octane politics.
Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet
(08.08.2019)
Efforts to curb greenhouse gas-emissions and the impacts of global warming will fall significantly short without drastic changes in global land use, agriculture and human diets, leading researchers warn in a high-level report commissioned by the United Nations.
The special report on climate and land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes plant-based diets as a major opportunity for mitigating and adapting to climate change ― and includes a policy recommendation to reduce meat consumption.
Sonderbericht: Weltklimarat mahnt zur Kehrtwende beim Fleischkonsum
(08.08.2019)
Umgekehrt sind Land- und Forstwirtschaft und andere Formen der Landnutzung für 23 Prozent des menschengemachten Treibhausgas-Ausstoßes verantwortlich. So steht es im neuen Sonderbericht zu Klimawandel und Landsystemen, den der Weltklimarat IPCC am Donnerstag in Genf vorgelegt hat. Ein internationales Team aus 107 Wissenschaftlern hat dafür in dreijähriger Arbeit über 7000 Studien ausgewertet.
The Thermosphere Responds to a Weaker Than Normal Solar Cycle
The cooling near solar minimum is natural and specific to the thermosphere. The cooling thermosphere does not affect the troposphere, the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth’s surface where people live. The temperatures we experience on the ground do not get colder because of this solar cycle. NASA and other climate researchers continue to see a warming trend in the troposphere. These two effects are ongoing but unrelated.
Nitric oxide and carbon dioxide play important roles in cooling the thermosphere.
Wirtschaft sympathisiert mit CO2-Steuer
„Wir brauchen in Europa oder in allen Industriestaaten eine CO2-Steuer, die berechenbar langfristig steigt“, sagte Frank Appel, Chef der Deutschen Post, der „Rheinischen Post“. „Dann können sich Konsumenten und Unternehmen in ihrem Verhalten anpassen und gezielt in Anlagen investieren, die den Ausstoß von CO2 begrenzen.“
US Lobby Group Criticizes S. Korea’s Nuclear-Phase Out Policy
(21.06.2019)
The head of a U.S. environmental lobby group that promotes nuclear power as an environmentally friendly source of energy has criticized the Moon Jae-in administration’s policy to lower South Korea’s dependence on nuclear energy.
Environmental Progress’ chief activist Michael Shellenberger sounded his disapproval at a talk session arranged by the main opposition Liberty Korea Party at the National Assembly on Friday.
Wenn ein Treibhausgas baden geht: Wie das Erdmagnetfeld unser Klima beeinflusst
(6. Oktober 2008)
Die Ergebnisse zeigten, dass selbst kleine Veränderungen des Magnetfelds die Löslichkeit von Gasen im Wasser verändern. „Wenn das Magnetfeld schwächer war, löste sich 15 Prozent weniger Luft im Wasser als bei einem stärkeren Magnetfeld“, erläutert Winklhofer. „Für Kohlendioxid war der beobachtete Effekt sogar doppelt so stark.“
Magnetic effect on CO 2 solubility in seawater: A possible link between geomagnetic field variations and climate
(August 2008)
Correlations between geomagnetic-field and climate parameters have been suggested repeatedly, but possible links are controversially discussed. Here we test if weak (Earth-strength) magnetic fields can affect climatically relevant properties of seawater. We found the solubility of air in seawater to be by 15% lower under reduced magneticfield (20 mT) compared to normal field conditions (50 mT). The magnetic-field effect on CO2 solubility is twice as large, from which we surmise that geomagnetic field variations modulate the carbon exchange between atmosphere and ocean. A 1% reduction in magnetic dipole moment may release up to ten times more CO2 from the surface ocean than is emitted by subaerial volcanism.
Magnetic Rope observed for the first time between Saturn and the Sun
(06.07.2016)
The Cassini spacecraft has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004, and after many years analyzing the data collected, Cassini has observed the first FTE at Saturn.
Magnetic Reconnection in the Near Venusian Magnetotail
(04.05.2012)
Observations with the Venus Express magnetometer and low-energy particle detector revealed magnetic field and plasma behavior in the near-Venus wake that is symptomatic of magnetic reconnection, a process that occurs in Earth’s magnetotail but is not expected in the magnetotail of a nonmagnetized planet such as Venus.
Magnetic Portals Connect Earth to the Sun
(30.10.2008)
„It’s called a flux transfer event or ‚FTE,'“ says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. „Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn’t exist, but now the evidence is incontrovertible.“
Indeed, today Sibeck is telling an international assembly of space physicists at the 2008 Plasma Workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, that FTEs are not just common, but possibly twice as common as anyone had ever imagined.
Earth’s magnetic poles could start to flip. What happens then?
(07.12.2018)
‚The geomagnetic field has been decaying for the last 3,000 years,‘ said Dr. Nicolas Thouveny from the European Centre for Research and Teaching of Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE) in Aix-en-Provence, France. ‚If it continues to fall down at this rate, in less than one millennium we will be in a critical (period).‘
The sun has ‘reached solar minimum’ and its surface is ominously calm
But Nasa images have revealed that the face of our star is looking ominously calm right now, prompting claims it’s reached a stage of its cycle called the solar minimum.
During the minimum, there are significantly fewer sunspots and its magnetic field weakens, allowing cosmic rays from outside our solar system to rain down on Earth.
Space weather affects your daily life. It’s time to start paying attention.
“Why can I reach halfway across the world some days, and I can’t get more than 50 miles away other days. Well, our magnetosphere is a living, breathing thing, and it’s driven by the sun.”
Totstellen fürs Klima
Lorenz Gösta Beutin, Abgeordneter der Linksfraktion, solidarisierte sich mit den jungen Leuten und warf in diesem Zusammenhang der Regierungskoalition vor, ihr sei »Machterhalt und der Schutz von Konzerninteressen ganz offensichtlich heiliger als die Bewahrung der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen und des Klimas«. Seine Partei fordere »die Anerkennung des Klimanotstandes, …..
Solving a century-long mystery: the origin of galactic cosmic rays
(04.04.2019)
The word ‘astronomy’ means the direct observations of extra-terrestrial objects. This definition is relevant to photons, neutrinos, and gravitational waves, i.e. massless, neutral and stable particles. But for cosmic ray electrons, protons, and nuclei, the term ‘astronomy’ is used with a certain reservation. Because of the deflections of electrically charged particles in the chaotic interstellar and intergalactic magnetic fields, the information about their original directions pointing to the sites of their production is lost. Instead, on the Earth, we detect an (almost) isotropic flux of cosmic rays contributed by a huge number of galactic and extragalactic sources.
Hypothesis: Muon Radiation Dose and Marine Megafaunal Extinction at the end-Pliocene Supernova
(November 2018)
Considerable data and analysis support the detection of one or more supernovae (SNe) at a distance of about 50 pc, ∼2.6 million years ago. This is possibly related to the extinction event around that time and is a member of a series of explosions that formed the Local Bubble in the interstellar medium. We build on previous work, and propagate the muon flux from SN-initiated cosmic rays from the surface to the depths of the ocean. We find that the radiation dose from the muons will exceed the total present surface dose from all sources at depths up to 1 km and will persist for at least the lifetime of marine megafauna. It is reasonable to hypothesize that this increase in radiation load may have contributed to a newly documented marine megafaunal extinction at that time.
STUDY HINTS EXTINCTIONS STRIKE IN SET INTERVALS
(11. Dezember 1983)
At a conference on mass extinctions, held in August at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Dr. Sepkoski said the timing of these events suggested that “there is indeed a statistically significant periodicity in the observed distribution of events of mass or accelerated extinction over the last 250 million years.“ Search for Answers
He confessed this “stumped“ him and Dr. Raup, saying: “We are aware of no documented process with a cycling time approximately 26 million years. But with that long a cycle, we suspect that the forcing agent will not be terrestrial but rather solar or galactic.“
Cosmic-ray volleys from the Galactic Center and their recent impact on the earth environment
Authors: Laviolette, P. A.
Journal: Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 37, March 1987, p. 241-286.
Ein Statement von 90+ Youtubern
Dies ist ein offener Brief. Ein Statement. Von einem großen Teil der Youtuber-Szene. Am Wochenende sind die EU-Wahlen und es ist wichtig wählen zu gehen.
COP21 and Agenda 2030: The challenges of complementarity
(26.11.2015)
The interaction of climate change and development has found full recognition in the Agenda 2030 programme adopted in September 2015.
Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable Development
(26.09.2015)
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognise that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
All countries and all stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership, will implement this plan. We are resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal and secure our planet. We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift the world on to a sustainable and resilient path. As we embark on this collective journey, we pledge that no one will be left behind.
Angela Merkel: „Nichts muss so bleiben, wie es ist“
(26.09.2015)
Nichts weniger als einen Weltrettungsplan suchen die 160 Staatschefs in New York. Kanzlerin Merkel hat sie darauf eingestimmt: Jede große Veränderung beginne im Kopf.
Totale Weltordnung: 193 Regierungen beschließen einstimmig „Agenda 2030“
(26.09.2015)
Nochmal in Kürze:
1992 – „Agenda 21“ und UN-„Weltgipfel“ in Rio
1993 – „Kommission für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (CSD)
2012 – Zweiter „Weltgipfel“ in Rio, Papier „Die Zukunft die wir wollen“
2013 – „Hochrangiges politische Forum über nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (HLPF)
Der nun gestern, am 25. September 2015 ergangene „Agenda 2030“-Beschluss der UN ermächtigt u.a. in Punkt 84 das HLPF unter der „Schirmherrschaft“ vom Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat der Vereinten Nationen (ECOSOC) regelmäßige „Überprüfungen“ vorzunehmen,
„eingeschlossen die Zivilgesellschaft und den privaten Sektor“.
Diesbezüglich wird im zufällig entdeckten und ein Jahr später zeitlich passend zum UN-Beschluss der „Agenda 2030“ ausgebrochenen globalen Abgaswandel (Thema Abgaswerte und Manipulation bei der Volkswagen AG) noch zu berichten sein. Der Totalausfall praktisch aller relevanten Bereiche von Demokratie und Verstand, in allen 193 UN-Mitgliedstaaten von 7 Milliarden Menschen, muss und kann dabei (leider) spieltheoretisch einkalkuliert, sowie irgendeine parlamentarische „Opposition“ vernachlässigt werden.
Der große Weltenplan
(25.09.2015)
Nach diesem schlichten Motto handeln die Staats- und Regierungschefs, die an diesem Wochenende die neue Agenda für die Weltgemeinschaft in New York verabschieden werden. Sie enthält nicht nur 17 Oberziele, zum Beispiel zur Beseitigung von Armut und Hunger, zu Gesundheit, Bildung und zur Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, sondern auch 169 speziellere Vorgaben. So soll jeder bis 2030 an sauberes Trinkwasser zu bezahlbaren Preisen kommen. Im Jahr 2030 soll die Erde ein besserer Ort geworden sein.
‚1 billion refugees due to climate change, we all could be refugees due to climate change, make agenda 2030 a priority‘ Larissa Miller at #16thBPWEuropeanconference
(today)
Tagung von IWF und Weltbank: Minister schließen „Klimakoalition“
(14.04.2019)
22 Finanzminister haben auf der Frühjahrstagung von IWF und Weltbank eine „Klimakoalition“ geschmiedet. Auch Deutschland gehört dazu. Das Ziel: Vor allem der CO2-Ausstoß soll Länder teurer zu stehen kommen.
#Klimawandel war gestern, heute ist Notstand. Den haben wir zwar nicht den Jungen zu verdanken, aber die schlachten ihn jetzt schwungvoll aus und drängen die Politik in die Ecke, schreibt @MuellerJung:
Physikalische Grundlagen des Weltraumwetters – Die Heliosphäre
(2011) Variation der kosmischen Strahlung mit dem Sonnenzyklus
Sun’s Magnetic Field To ‚Flip‘ Causing ‚A Ripple Effect‘ Past Pluto (VIDEO)
(06.08.2013)
The polar switch also affects cosmic rays, which can endanger satellites and astronauts. Disturbances in the rays could even affect Earth’s climate.
The sheet acts as a „shield“ against these rays, and a wavy current sheet can be even more effective.
Pluto Is Emitting X-Rays, and That’s Really Weird
(16.09.2016)
The most likely explanation, according to Wolk, is that high energy particles from the solar wind are colliding with escaped bits of Pluto’s atmosphere—which is mostly nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen—stripping away electrons, and producing an x-ray flare. If true, that’s a very important insight, because it means Pluto’s atmosphere is boiling away into space. Slowly.
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Clearly, more research is needed to figure out exactly why Pluto’s atmosphere is leaky, and what’s responsible.
Spring on Pluto: an analysis over 30 years
(10.05.2019)
Thus Pluto had its equinox in 1988, before moving to perihelion (at 30 au) in 1989. Since then, the dwarf planet has continually moved away from the Sun to reach 32 ua in 2016, which represents a loss of 25 % of his average insolation.
Naively, a sharp fall in atmospheric pressure could be expected. In fact, the gas-ice balance of nitrogen imposes that for each degree Kelvin lost at the surface, the pressure should decrease by a factor of two.
But the exact opposite occurs.
Pluto’s lower atmosphere and pressure evolution from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016
(06.03.2019)
Results: (i) Pressure has suffered a monotonic increase from 1988 to 2016, that is compared to a seasonal volatile transport model, from which tight constraints on a combination of albedo and emissivity of N2 ice are derived;
Winter is coming to destroy Pluto’s atmosphere by 2030, study says
(29.04.2019)
If Pluto’s atmosphere collapses and freezes over, the dwarf planet may appear brighter in our sky because it will reflect more sunlight, Cole said.