Things are pretty quiet this evening, which is in contrast to the unusually high activity that was seen throughout December and the first few days of the new...
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Pawnfart
Jan 6, 2002 10:48 pm
B-1,<br><br>Could you define better for me what a sun spot is? I had always thought it was part of the solar appearance associated with the flares. Clearly it ...
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Pawnfart
Jan 6, 2002 10:44 pm
Methanogens found mostly where there are methane hydrate feilds? See: <a href=http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/hydrates/where.html...
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factoryyy
Jan 6, 2002 11:30 am
Where are methanogens found mostly? Its bacteria right? Do they live in the gastrointestines? DO they die when they come out? Are there other places they ...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 6, 2002 7:03 am
But observing flares is not the same as observing sunspots. Sunspots have been observed since the first telescope was turned on the sun. Observing flares is...
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Pawnfart
Jan 5, 2002 8:03 pm
What I mean by "properly observed" actually takes what you are saying into account. The Gaia issue is thus--when cirrus conditions improve, SSTs warm. SSTs...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 5, 2002 6:17 pm
Yes, I know the decline can seem to some quite suddenly. The human body and mind have an amazing reserve capacity. Sometimes by the time symptoms start showing...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 5, 2002 6:14 pm
Actually they were my Aunts...my Mom's sisters. After seeing what happened to her Sisters, my Mom was very much afraid the same thing would happen to her. Mom...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 5, 2002 6:11 pm
What do you mean by "properly observed?" Ok, so maybe equipment hundreds of years ago didn't detect all sunspots, but it could still be used as a relative...
Thanks B-1. The sad thing is I probably can't bear to see him like that. I will remember him as a witty, articulate and proud man. But again, it is hard to...
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Pawnfart
Jan 5, 2002 8:07 am
Forest-soil fungi emit gases that harm ozone layer <br>Sid Perkins <br><br>Laboratory tests have revealed for the first time that certain types of common fungi...
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Pawnfart
Jan 5, 2002 8:06 am
"Waning sunspot activity is a symptom of a weakened Sun, which could make the world cool by around half a degree. Meteorologist Kevin Pang found that sunspots...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 5, 2002 7:28 am
Its never easy to have to watch a loved-one deteriorate like that. Been there, done that...twice. On the one hand, you hate to lose them. On the other hand, ...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 5, 2002 7:25 am
There was a gigantic, bright, and incredibly beautiful coronal mass ejection (CME) earlier today. This CME startled even veteran solar physicists with its ...
The MSU satellite data, as of November 2001, indicate a warming trend in the lower troposphere of +0.03 deg centigrade per decade over the past 20 or so years....
It appears that Japan as well, then, does like us subsidize fossil fuel consumption with free roads.<br><br>I support the treaty, but I think it is much more...
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shotsky1
Jan 3, 2002 4:01 pm
<It's like the irrational behavior of a drug addict.><br><br>More like waking from a drug induced stupor - "WHAT were we THINKING?" Does anyone think...
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Pawnfart
Jan 3, 2002 11:58 am
Japan casts aside Kyoto agreement: report<br><br>December 30, 2001 Posted: 3:05 PM HKT (0705 GMT)<br><br>TOKYO, Japan -- Japan has effectively abandoned the ...
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Pawnfart
Jan 3, 2002 11:55 am
I note that the fires continue near and in Sydney. I have been informed that these fires are similar to those that struck Indonesia in 1996, prior to the El...
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Pawnfart
Jan 3, 2002 11:51 am
Carl Sagan, I suppose, was the first public figure to really talk about it. The sun is getting brighter. It is slowly turning to a red giant. Red Giants are...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 3, 2002 6:58 am
** S-1 Solar Radiation Storm In Progress **<br><br>The solar radiation storm that has persisted on and off since 12/28 is stubbornly hanging on. There have ...
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Pawnfart
Jan 3, 2002 5:13 am
Data from NASA on troposphere (the lowest 5 miles of the atmosphere) and the lower stratosphere (covering an altitude range of about 9-12 miles) is available...
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Pawnfart
Jan 2, 2002 8:39 am
I finally got to my Indian friend via the web and he said it is normal for this time of year and part of the Chinese wet patch. Here in California I contend we...
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b1blancer_29501
Jan 2, 2002 7:51 am
** S-1 Solar Radiation Storm In Progress **<br><br>The new year has started off relatively quiet, although that could certainly change at any time. The sunspot...
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Pawnfart
Jan 1, 2002 7:59 pm
The magnetic south pole actually has the characteristics of the north pole of a bar magnetic--or negitive.<br><br>The current around Antarctica moves EAST, so...
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factoryyy
Jan 1, 2002 11:01 am
"The thought is if the southern oceans are inducting a vector of electrons DOWN into the oceans so near the magnetic negitive pole, this is going to result in...
