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One of my favorite pics hinting at the coming solar minimum- https://solen.info/solar/images/comparison_recent_cycles.png https://solen.info/solar/images/compa

• zaroth 7y ago
  It’s hard to take this chart seriously, with the exponential extrapolation going on. [1] - https://skepticalscience.com/graphics/Grand_Solar_Min_500.jpg https://skepticalscience.com/graphics/Grand_Solar_Min_500.jp...
  • chrisco255 7y ago
    You get that that chart is completely made up, right? That is, despite being an extrapolation of the future, there are no error bars as a function of time? Furthermore, we lack a fundamental model for how cloud cover will change over the course of a deep minimum. And therefore we cannot accurately predict what the future will hold. The Svensmark experiment from December 2017, confirming it: Increased ionization supports growth of aerosols into cloud condensation nuclei - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02082-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02082-2
    • zaroth 7y ago
      I should have said, it’s hard to take this link seriously, given that chart. In other words, I completely agree that we have no idea what the impact will be if this minimum does occur, or if indeed it does occur at all.
      • kylek 7y ago
        I think we've a little idea- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum