Appologies for the length of this post, it’s a complex subject. Hopefully the links work, if not will post in comments.
Does Q mention the climate in any drops?
We have entered solar cycle 25, also known as the Eddy Minimum. GSMs happen every 350-400 yrs & last 50 -70 odd years, the last being the Maunder Minimum 1645 to 1710. Then came the Dalton Minimum 1796 – 1810 ish, not as severe as the Maunder but devastating none the less & part of the lesser 100 yr cycle. NASA predicts the current Eddy Minimum to be the weakest in the last 200 years & comparable with the Dalton Minimum, it will peak around 2025.
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Dalton Min with a focus on Australia, a very interesting read written from an Actuary (someone who deals with risk assessment) https://www.actuaries.asn.au/Library/Events/SUM/2013/Sum2013PaperBrentWalker.pdf
What does it all mean? Global cooling! Increased volcanic activity & earthquakes, decrease in magnetic field strength causing an increase in cloud nucleating cosmic rays & magma excitation. Increased volcanic activity partially blocks the sun causing global temps to drop, its complex. https://electroverse.net/we-entered-the-modern-grand-solar-minimum-on-june-8-2020/
Volcanic activity aside, the Jetstream is also affected causing some parts of the globe to actually get warmer while others get colder, we saw this recently with Siberia experiencing heatwaves while the U.S. experienced unseasonal severe cold snaps.
https://electroverse.net/recap-the-changing-jet-stream-and-global-cooling/
So what does it all mean for humanity? Basically massive crop failure, famine, reduced population due to starvation & the fall of empires. Yay, we certainly do live in interesting times. Not everyone will like how the movie ends. Glaciers will move south in the northern hemisphere which brings me to Trump ordering a fleet of icebreakers. Yes its true. Trumps icebreakers: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/06/09/trump-memo-demands-new-fleet-of-arctic-icebreakers-to-be-ready-by-2029/ & https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/06/trumps-new-icebreaker-fleet-and-the-grand-solar-minimum-2020.html
Roman Empire collapse https://www.livescience.com/okmok-volcano-roman-republic-collapse.html
Rise & fall of Empires in relation to solar activity, a great read
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-economies/solar-minimum-the-fastest-decline-in-almost-10000-years/? Prof. Valentina Zharkova study in full : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23328940.2020.1796243
For the science buffs, Steve McIntyre, who is he? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McIntyre Steve’s website is dedicated to revealing the truth about the stats presented to the public re climate change. He is famous for debunking the “hockey stick graph”. Be warned its heavy going but well worth it. https://climateaudit.org/ I pray that the plan includes a strategy to minimize loss of life due to famine brought on by crop failure. I don’t know if that’s even possible but it certainly could be alleviated by a massive change in farming practices & adaptation to the changes that are coming. As individuals I suggest if at all possible moving to warmer climate zones & out of cities. Finally learn to grow your own food. Just my 2 cents worth.
Thanks for the links. Will check it out.
I have watched lectures from Patrick Moore, former co-founder of Green Peace, who left when he realized they became a communist organization. He has done detailed study of the Earth's temperatures and CO2 levels going back in time to waaaay back. Has a lot of graphs and stats. Videos online.
My take, based on his work and other things I've read:
My take is that all of these fluctuations are due to the Earth's orbit vs the Sun and the slightly changing position of the Earth relative to the Sun, not only in its orbit but also on its axis. Could also have to do with activities on the Sun that affect the Earth.
Mankind has had some effect on the rise of CO2 levels in the atmosphere, but it has been a positive effect, not a negative one. We are taking carbon resources from beneath the crust and under the oceans, putting them into the air, and they are recycled by the Earth's system. Plants thrive in such an environment, and that helps animals, too.
Pollution is a different topic, but CO2 increases are excellent for the health of the planet and all living things.
500,000,000 years ago, at the beginning of the Cambrian Explosion, CO2 levels were 2,000 times higher than they are now, and plants and animals thrived.
We have nothing to fear from CO2 or global warming, in general. We should consider the devastating effects of a fast-approching glacial period if it were to occur. Other than that, the polticians and their puppetmasters above them are the real threat to humanity.
☝️THAT! Is the best read I've had in ages Fern, Thanks.