Will the sun save us? Many 2012 prognosticators have been predicting a massive solar cycle in 2012, but the sun has been extremely quiet lately, and now NASA is predicting the weakest solar maximum since 1928, with a peak in 2013, not 2012. That’s GOOD NEWS for global warming. But the bad news is: another thing that may help stave off global warming is POLLUTION.

An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots.
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Anne has written before about shedding by shredding. In her new diary, she writes about getting by giving and says, “Sometimes what looks like giving really is getting, but it’s hard to convince other people of that. It’s equally hard to convince YOURSELF.” Come meet Anne IN PERSON at our Dreamland Festival in June!

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Part II – Is global warming yesterday’s news? A typical solar minimum lasts close to 500 days, and occurs between the solar maximums, which happen every 11 years. However, we have now had a little over 700 days without sunspots in the current solar minimum. Researchers are worried that the melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston and other northeastern coastal. Should they stop worrying?
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It could be the water they’re drinking – Why are some people are getting Swine Flu and even dying from it, while others aren’t (or are getting such mild cases that they don’t notice it)? It could have to do with whether or not there is arsenic in their drinking water. Too much arsenic will kill anyone, although many water filtration systems pass through small amounts of it, but the problem might be that some people have a genetic vulnerability to even small amounts of this substance. New research suggests that low-dose exposure to arsenic in drinking water may significantly alter components of the immune system and cause a number of changes in the body

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