Code Blue: 10.7 centimeter solar radio flux is flatlining « Watts Up With That?

What is evident is that this minimum is quite different from the previous four in that the intra-monthly amplitude has died from June 2008. The monthly average low was July 2008 and the series has been in uptrend at 0.7 units/month thereafter. This is a very weak but very consistent uptrend, perhaps the first sign of a rising Solar Cycle 24. There is very little noise in this signal, suggesting a very weak Solar Cycle 24.

- David Archibald

Students plunge into frigid river to fight alleged warming

Under a cloudless blue sky, St. Mary’s College of Maryland students, faculty, and staff braved bloody feet and gusts over 30 miles an hour to plunge into the 39 degree St. Mary’s River during this year’s Third Polar Bear Plunge on Feb. 12.
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This year, SEAC raised thousands of dollars in donations to send SMCM students to PowerShift ’09 in Washington, D.C., the second national youth summit committed to solving the climate crisis. PowerShift ’09 aims to bring together more than ten thousand youth leaders from across the country in order to share ideas, learn new skills, make connections, and establish a national voice for our generation. Last year, over fifty St. Mary's students attended Powershift.