>> Data from the Ulysses spacecraft show the sun has reduced its output of 
>> solar
>> wind to the lowest levels since accurate readings became available.

> Hmm, the calm before the storm? Could the Mayans be correct, are
> we approaching the end of the world?

> Well if they are I hope they're off by a few days, it's ruin my
> birthday party!


It seems to be the storm before the storm :-).
A wide range of extreme and opposing indicators.

- Solar wind at minimum since accurate records available.
- Antarctic ice formation at 2nd max since accurate records ...
+ Arctic ice annual melt at 2nd lowest since accurate records.
- Sunspot formation at lowest in 50 or 100 years or more.
+ Methane bubbling from seabed all along Russian northern coast as 
permafrost melts.
- or + ? : Next ice-age 2000 years overdue.
...

Stay tuned. Exciting times ahead either way (or both ways)


    R

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