Discoveries and disappearances in the world of science
Posted 06.07.2009 at 4:43 pm
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Seeing Spots... Or Not
NASA
Lost: Sunspots.
This year, astronomers expect the fewest sunspots—magnetic storms on the sun's surface—in a century. Fewer spots indicates a cooler sun, which could cool the planet by a fraction of a degree.
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Science, camels, disappearances, discoveries, headlines, july 2009, lost and found, sunspotsFound: The edge of outer space.
Using a rocket-mounted ion detector, scientists recently pinpointed the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space—it's 73.3 miles up.
Lost: Muscle.
For the first time, scientists quantified astronauts' muscle loss during six-month space stints: a 15 percent drop.
Found: Good fat.
A new study reveals that "brown fat" burns sugar. Docs hope to boost these cells' activity to fight obesity.
Lost: Cloned ibex.
Last winter, Spanish scientists cloned the first extinct species using the frozen skin cells of a Pyrenean ibex. Sadly, the baby goat died seven minutes after birth.
Double Your Camel: AP Photo/Dubai’s Camel Reproduction Center
Found: Cloned camel.
This spring, scientists in Dubai grew the world's first cloned camel. The project aims to preserve elite racing- and milk-camel breeds.
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A slight cooling?
During the last cycle like this one, New York Harbor froze solid for two years. A tavern was built to service the road over the ice to Station Island. The price of grain soared, rivers did not thaw (flooding from huge ice dams), and more.
The solar wind decreases allowing space dust to lower the sun's warming. The current science (outside NASA of course) in different countries indicate a huge cooling and associated dust-bowl (from less evaporation) conditions.
What sourse source claims a slight cooling?
Most sources seem to deny any link between the sun cooling and the earth or a very large cooling that will affect major populations.
Example of July 5, 2009 Actual Sunspot photo
Link Between Sunspot Activity and Little Ice Age
Question: Global Warming was because of Sunspot Activity, are we now moving to a Little Ice Age?
www.examiner.com/x-5182-Dallas-Weather-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Sunspots-and-global-cooling-Clear-connection