The Sea People and the Climate Machine
The year 1710 was the coldest year recorded in Europe. Solar radiation had fallen to its deepest minimum in 4,000 years. This cold period led...
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After global warming comes global cooling
Ice core records from Greenland reveal substantial solar irradiation variability parameters over millennial timescales. After the year 1000 the ice core records have identified five solar irradiation...
The Wind’s Signature
Where does the wind come from? Does it have an unknown source, or does it arise randomly in the atmosphere? Climate models suggest that the...
Arctic ice extent is turning
The extent of Arctic ice in the Barents Sea has shown a declining trend since the 1860s. A continuation of this trend would eventually result...
The Ocean’s Propeller climate control
Warm Atlantic water flows through the Faroe-Shetland Channel into the Norwegian Sea. From there, it continues northward along the Norwegian coast. Some of it enters...
Lunar Node Tide – The Ocean’s Propeller
When Earth’s rotation wobbles with a period of 18.6 years, it moves enormous volumes of water across the globe. This motion creates a global standing...
The Nutation Climate machine
I In the ancient city of Babylon, astronomers noticed that the starry sky rotated slowly with a period of about 26000 years. At the same...
Luna node cycle-the first cause
This story began with a loose end. There was a 6-year cycle and the stock for Norwegian Arctic cod. From the laws of cybernetics, I...
Lunar-driven Barents Sea ecosystems
The prevailing perception of the nature of the Barents Sea is characterized by an ecological paradigm, a perspective with roots back to Charles Darwin’s theories....
Moon waves pioneers
The idea of lunar-driven temperature in the Barents Sea had challenged the prevailing view of the wind theory. The moon was associated with ancient superstitions. The...
Deep minimum 2025-2072
Radiation from the sun was considered constant. In the 1890s, astronomer E. W. Maunder reported that solar activity was greatly reduced in the years 1645...
The Barents Sea is cooling
The biomass of Norwegian Arctic cod is reduced during the past 10 years. The spawning stock has been reduced the last 14 years. Total quota...