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Re: The sun's magnetic field is about to flip

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That sounds like Gnevishev, M. N.; Ohl, A. I. (1948). "On the 22-year cycle of solar activity" which first appeared in the Russian journal Astronomicheskii Zhurnal 76 years past.

Very interesting! but not that - it was much more recent, few years ago. What I'm thinking of was not writing about a 22 year cycle; it was arguing for two independent cycles, one deep in the solar atmosphere, one toward the surface.

Sure, you more than likely did read a more recent paper.

That said, the earlier paper was about two cycles, the already known 11 year cycle and seperate observations that only occurred every two 11 year cycles.

There's a chance the two papers are related via a common coupled driver, or not.

Re: The sun's magnetic field is about to flip

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Okay, but why does he need an idiot to ruin the show? NDT himself could sell the show, he is good at explaining things.

Because there are a lot of people who like that idiot, and as an educational science show, their goal is to educate that idiot and people who like that idiot so they can all be a little less idiotic.

I'm not so sure about that people like that idiot.

Re: The sun's magnetic field is about to flip

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I don't think the earth can servive without the sun. Pretty basic, I think.

This is the Sun's magnetic field. It reverses on 11 year cycle, the same cycle as sunspots. It has reversed multiple times during your lifetime. The current cycle seems to be stronger than usual. And produce some strong solar flares recently. Those could cause problems for electrical grid. But there have been stronger cycles back in the 1950s.

These magnetic rays you keep talking about. I don't think they're going to keep us warm or grow the plants when theres no sunlight.
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