The Equatorial Ozone Hole
In March, 2012, a hole in the Ozone Layer above Greenland appeared suddenly. By the year’s end, a dramatic melting of Greenland’s ice sheet was observed. The Antarctic hole has become a thing of the past. And according to the UN, the ozone layer depletion has stopped. “Mission Accomplished!!” they said back in 2010. Looking … Read more
Solar Cycle 24 – Solar Maximum Has Arrived
Our Sun has a magnetic cycle that spans approxamately 22 years from peak to peak. In the above image, the positive and negative polarity is presented in a black vs. white presentation. For about 11 years, the polarity of the sunspots in the northern hemisphere cross the Sun in a black/white/black/white fashion, while the spots in … Read more
Milky Way Will go ‘Relativistic’ In Near Future, AGN
Today, October 6, 2012, at 10:27 UTC, the most important telegram (to date) was posted in The Astronomer’s Telegram- http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4456 I have re-printed it in full here, acknowledging that I have, in no way, any ownership of the presented information. All links to previous ATels will lead you to the wonderful site listed above, … Read more
Geomagnetic Storm Strikes Earth- Expect Thunderstorms and Wild Weather Soon
Earth’s magnetosphere (simulation) from the NICT on 2011/11/22 A Geomagnetic storm is currently raging, causing our magnetosphere to, at first, compress, then expand as the shockwave pass our planet. this, as the solar activity is in a ‘lull’. Sunspot count is at 101 and flares have been all directed away from Earth. On … Read more
Blazar TXS 0529+075 May Have Kicked Off the Betelgeuse Supernova
Above: Orion. Alpha Orion, aka Betelgeuse, may have gone nova within the past 640 years. The following is found at the astronomerstelegram.org, posted 19 Nov 2011; 12:03 UT Quote: Swift observations of the flaring GeV blazar OG 050 (TXS 0529+075) Subjects: Optical, Ultra-Violet, X-ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar Following the reported flaring activity of the flat spectrum radio … Read more
Cosmoclimatology: Svensmark Clouds and CMEs Effect on Atmospheric Water Content
Below is a quote from- http://hypsithermal.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/latest-from-svensmark-… I will try to find out more about this because I deeply feel this is the answer to just about everything. As we came out of this last deep solar minimum in December 2009, it became obvious after each CME or sunspot flare the atmosphere was reacting. Quote- … Read more
Sunspot Number Falls to 30, Climbs to 84
After the Sun’s dramatic fall to zero and subsequent climb to 90, a peak of 127 was seen on 7/19/2011. Eight days later, the count bottomed out at 30. Last night and this morning, the Sunspot number stands at 84. IF the pattern holds, we will see a return to low twenties in around … Read more
From The Astronomer’s Telegram: “New flaring activity in PKS 1510-089″
New flaring activity in PKS 1510-089 Subjects: Optical, Gamma Ray, >GeV, Request for Observations, AGN, Blazar, Quasar, Transient Following the bright flare in PKS 1510-089 reported by the AGILE and Fermi-LAT teams in ATel #3470 and Atel #3473 and reports on activities in the radio band (ATel #3500) the Automatic Telescope for Optical Monitoring (ATOM) recorded an increase … Read more
As Found on “The Astronomer’s Telegram”- Superoutburst of Cataclysmic Variable B8 in NGC 6791
Astronomical observations from around the globe are posted to “The Astronomer’s Telegram” (www.astronomerstelegram.org) to share information and to seek additional observations. For myself, I use it to find sources of the observed changes in our atmosphere and plausible causes for our climate change. Below, ATel #3507, posted 7/24/2011 Subjects: Optical, Cataclysmic Variable The Kepler Mission observed … Read more
FEWW Claims Censorship From WordPress
A couple of days ago, Fire-Earth’s blog was hacked, according to the author, by WordPress and key information was deleted from past postings. The postings on FEWW are informative and quite passionate, and could easily piss off anyone who makes money attempting to hide some of the big truths from the public. Though I have, from time … Read more
