Interesting article - The Chill of Solar Minimum

[OnlinePoker]

The sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age. Sunspots have been absent for most of 2018, and the sun’s ultraviolet output has sharply dropped. New research shows that Earth’s upper atmosphere is responding.

“We see a cooling trend,” says Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center. “High above Earth’s surface, near the edge of space, our atmosphere is losing heat energy. If current trends continue, it could soon set a Space Age record for cold.”

These results come from the SABER instrument onboard NASA’s TIMED satellite. SABER monitors infrared emissions from carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitric oxide (NO), two substances that play a key role in the energy balance of air 100 to 300 kilometers above our planet’s surface. By measuring the infrared glow of these molecules, SABER can assess the thermal state of gas at the very top of the atmosphere–a layer researchers call “the thermosphere.”

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2018/09/27/the-chill-of-solar-minimum/

[NickB79]

1. Note that they're referring to record cold 200 miles above us at the edge of space

Here on Terra firma, we're seeing record-breakibg heatwaves, with the next few years predicted to be as bad or worse.

Proving once again that idiots who try to claim our current warming trend is due to solar activity are morons.

[Duppers]

2. Just further proof that our planet's warming is caused by human activity.

Ran into a neighbor yesterday when walking the dogs who was lamenting the too-warm-for-almost-Oct. temperature.
So, I had to pipe up and ask if she'd read the article in the Washington Post...(the one where this admin admitted that CC is real and that we're doomed).

"About climate change?" She asked.

Yep, CC.

She replied, "Well there are some things we can control and some we can't."
So, what could I say?! That was Christian code for, "God controls this." Conversation ended.