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Jamie Warren is a gorgeous woman. So beautiful đ
I just canât believe the homeless people actually survive out there 24/7. Just makes me think how are they still alive. Scary.
All weather on Earth, from the surface of the planet out into space, begins with the Sun. Both space weather and terrestrial (Earth) weatherâthe weather we feel on our planetâs surfaceâare influenced by the small changes the Sun undergoes during its solar cycle. The solar cycle happens because of its pole flip! The north becomes south and south becomes north every 11 years or so.
The Sunâs high temperatures cause electrically-charged gases to constantly move around, generating areas of powerful magnetic forces or fields. This motion creates a lot of activity on the Sunâs surface, called solar activity.
The solar cycle is an approximately 11-year cycle experienced by our Sun. During this cycle, the Sunâs solar activity becomes more stormy and builds to a âmaximum.â The magnetic fields flip, and the north pole becomes the south pole on the Sun. Then, the Sunâs solar activity settles back down to a âminimum.â And another solar cycle begins.
More sunspots means more solar activity. The dark spots are cooler than the surrounding areas. Solar flares, CMEs, and other explosions tend to occur near sunspot groups when the Sun is more active.
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
Massive clouds of particles that spread into space, CMEs are large pieces of magnetic energy that are hurled from the Sun at speeds up to several million mph.
Other solar events include solar wind streams that come from the coronal holes on the Sun and solar energetic particles that are primarily released by CMEs.
The Sun affects both weather and technology here on Earth. We are now in Solar Cycle 25. Record-keeping of solar cycles began in 1755 with Solar Cycle 1. The sun is now entering an extended period of low activity. Such a scenario would mitigate climate change. Global climate change, including long-term periods of global cold, rainfall, drought, and other weather shifts are influenced by solar cycle activity. The solar maximum or peak is predicted to happen in July, 2025.
Times of depressed solar activity seem to correspond with times of global cold in history. Conversely, times of increased solar activity have corresponded with global warming. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the Sun was active, and the European climate was quite mild.
Scientists measure solar cycles by keeping track of the number of sunspots appearing on the Sunâs surface as well as noting the location. A new solar cycle is considered to have begun when the sunspots group at higher latitudes with the magnetic polarities of the leading spots opposite that of the previous cycle.
The Sun is now in Solar Cycle 25, which is heating up more than experts predicted! Solar Cycle record-keeping began in 1755. The new Solar Cycle 25 began in December of 2019. This was based on detailed records of the number of sunspots and solar cycle activity, as the 13-month smoothed sunspot number fell to 1.8.
Solar Cycle 25 is predicted to continue until 2030, with peak sunspot activity expected in 2025, according to the NASA/NOAA panel of solar science experts.
Over the years of observing the Sun, weâve learned that the Sun goes through warming and cooling cycles of about 11 yearsâwhich affects weather here on Earth.
When one 11-year solar cycle transitions to another, it starts quietly with low solar activity (called a âsolar minimumâ). Then the Sunâs activity builds up to the cycleâs peak (called a âsolar maximumâ) when its magnetic field reverses. Finally, the Sun settles back down to a minimum before another cycle begins.
Overall, history has shown us that quiet-to-average solar cycles with deep solar minimums mean a cooling pattern. In other words, temperatures become colder than they would have been otherwise.
If this cooling phase on Earth, however, is offset by any warming caused by increasing greenhouse gases, it also raises the question of whether an eventual warming cycle could lead to more rapid warming on Earth than expected.
This is not an extinction level event or ELE, a catastrophe resulting in the extinction of the majority of species on the planet. People are taking advantage of and monetizing off of the sun's natural occurrences. Its people like AOC and others that have continually stated this misinformation and nonsense. It's governments, media and big businesses that are simply taking advantage of the mayhem and fear that they have created among the people by pushing false narratives in support of their green agenda. Why? For the sake of a "greener" fat bottom line. $$$$$
Stay indoors .. thatâs what I did when I was in Kuwait
Excuse me but isnât Phoenix , Las Vegas and that area around there in a desert! July , Aug, and Sept is always hot down south. Donât blame it on climate change. Back in 1988 wife and I was in Vegas in Aug. 115 temp.
stay home, work from home
So what!! Its godamn phoenix Arizona ( in the desert). And what record?? From what year or years are you getting your stats from?? Stop your over the top dramatic BS! Its summer time. Godamn weirdos
Itâs Arizona! Itâs July! Wear sunscreen or cover yourself!
y'all need more nuclear power plants
I sincerely hope the Southwest is investing in sustainable energy for all the air conditioning they are using.