A stunning new scientific report predicts that the next sunspot cycle will be massively more powerful than the one just past, which was among the most powerful on record. This is going to cause intense climate disruptions on earth, including surface heating from coronal mass ejections, which is believed to have caused numerous forest fires during the last solar max.
The next solar max is expected to reach its peak in 2012. Because global warming is causing widespread drought, such effects could be massive.
2012 -- the end of the Mayan calendar. I'm wary of prophecies concerning sudden, dire change; I really don't anticipate any pyrotechnic "end of the world" scenario. But that doesn't preclude the possibility that the Mayans actually knew something we don't.
If they did, could it have had something to do with the health of our sun? Perhaps we'll have to wait and see.
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Funny you posted this last night Mac. I was just going thru some of my old email then and came across a brief conversation we had regarding global warming in which I commented on a phenomenon referred to as the 'galactic superwave', which is apparently some kind of massive radiation burst that emanates from the galactic core. I finally remembered where I first heard about it; the book is titled "The Mayan Prophecies", and if I recall correctly, the authors maintain that this phenomenon is cyclic and the Mayan calendar is aligned to this cycle. Supposedly it causes a massive uptic in solar activity, leading to major climate fluctuation along with heavy radiation increase and consequent mutation/probable extinction of land-dwelling species.
Unfortunately my girlfriend's copy seems to have disappeared and it appears to be currently out of print, so I can't check for any more detail right now. I believe there was a fair bit of evidence offered to indicate the reality of the phenomenon...
Is this the book to which you're referring?
The Mayan Prophecies
TWilliam--
"The Mayan Prophecies" is officially going on my to-read list. Thanks for the recommendation!
I don't think too much about it Mac, but hell, the possibility is sure interesting.
Jon
I believe that's the one WMB yes. I didn't get to read the whole thing, and it's been quite awhile since I read what I did, so I may not be remembering the idea exactly as it was presented. I could also be confusing it with some of LaViolette's ideas from "Earth Under Fire"...
I suppose the whole idea is controversial at best, but hey, as Neils Bohr once allegedly remarked, "We all agree your theory is mad...The problem which divides us is this: Is it sufficiently crazy to be right?" ;D
"Earth Under Fire" -- another one I need to read. Man, you're schooling me!
I just put The Mayan Prophecies on my list too, along with UFOs and Abductions. (Now I can get free shipping!) Thanx twilliam & Mac.
If you shop online, pleae don't hesitate to buy 'em via my links. I get a referral from Amazon and, frankly, every bit helps.