Sunspots https://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656/sunspots Posts in the discussion thread "Sunspots" - Washington Post Article Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:40:58 +0000 http://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656#post-815206 Re: Sunspots https://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656/sunspots#post-815206 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:20:26 +0000 RickardM 499131 I think this article follows the same line: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627640.800-whats-wrong-with-the-sun.html?page=3. To be honest, this seems a little more sensationalistic than the WP article. Here they claim that the sun is shrinking and all kinds of stuff.

The thing that bothers me with statements such as the one Juju cited from Washington post is that we really have such an incredibly small timespan of solar observations to base our conclussions on. To state that the "sun is behaving badly" seems so sensationalistic and ill-adviced that it goes beyond my comprehensionability. These statements ailenate the public crowd from the science society, in my oppinion, and spreads fear rather than curiousity. I'm fairly sure that nothing at all is wrong with the sun. Some new observations, yes, but not new to the sun.

]]> http://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656#post-815205 Re: Sunspots https://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656/sunspots#post-815205 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:09:50 +0000 TheGreatJuju 469590 Laura, all that article is saying is that scientists are using the newest technology at their disposal to learn new things about the Sun. Old models did not accurately predict the current low point in solar activity, and they're trying to figure out why. As for the effect on Earth, that depends on to what extent these solar events influence global climate, which isn't known yet. There's nothing cataclysmic in the works here, and the Washington Post is not a science journal. Phrases like, "Something appears to have changed inside the sun, something the models did not predict. But what?" and "…the results hint that something profound is happening inside the sun," are a bit sensationalistic. I might grant "interesting," but not "profound," and it's quite a leap to claim that something "changed inside the sun," as opposed to something simply not being understood in total.

Just as our ability to detect earthquakes has improved greatly over the last few decades, so has our ability to observe the Sun. That some old ideas are subject to surprises and revision is, unto itself, not a surprise.

]]> http://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656#post-815192 Sunspots https://2012hoax.wikidot.com/forum/t-249656/sunspots#post-815192 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:36:24 +0000 Laura http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104114.html?g=0

Can yall explain this in a little further detail and tell what the affects on earth would be, please?

Thanks!!

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