Let’s STORE Them! – New discoveries (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show) are being made all the time: An unusual substance known as “dry water,” which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. This would help plans to bury CO2 in places like the desert or the ocean floor.
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A LOT Cooler – What’s happening with the Sun? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). First, the Gulf Stream is slowing down, which means markedly colder winters are on the way, from the US Mid-Atlantic states to the countries surrounding the North Sea. Second, it appears that the Sun’s magnetic field is weakening, meaning that there will be less solar activity and less warmth from the Sun. The combination of these two factors is likely to cause dramatic medium term cooling in the northern hemisphere, and could set the stage for intense storms, such as the storms depicted in Whitley Strieber and Art Bell’s book The Coming Global Superstorm, which he then wrote about in his book which became the hit film The Day After Tomorrow.
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What’s going on with our weather? (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). It’s just logical that a decrease in solar activity –which is going on now–cools the Earth, while increase sunspot activity warms it up, but in fact, it seems to work the OPPOSITE way.
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August 2010 was the second hottest August in the 32-year satellite temperature dataset, with a global average temperature that was only a tiny percentage cooler than the record set in August 1998.
According to atmospheric science researcher Dr. John Christy, that difference is well within the error range of the measurement, however, so the two months might as well be tied for the hottest August in 32 years, and he’s sure of his data because his team uses microwave sounding units on NOAA and NASA satellites to get accurate temperature readings for almost all regions of the Earth.
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