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November 25, 2013

Calm solar cycle prompts questions about impact on Earth
Washington (AFP) Nov 25, 2013
The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late - with fewer sunspots than anytime in in the last century - prompting curious scientists to wonder just what it might mean here on Earth. Sunspots have been observed for millennia - first by Chinese astronomers and then, for the first time with a telescope, by Galileo in 1610. The sunspots appear in roughly 11-year cycles - increasing to a daily flurry and then subsiding drastically, before amping up again. But this cycle - dub ... read more

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New study determines more accurate method to date tropical glacier moraines

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