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Earth Heading For ?Mini Ice Age? In Just 15 Years,
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Earth Heading For `Mini Ice Age' In Just 15 Years, Scientists Say
By orb204 - July 12, 2015
Solar scientists, armed with the best data yet regarding the activities of the sun, say the Earth is headed for a "mini ice age" in just 15 years - something that hasn't happened for three centuries.
Professor Valentina Zharkova, of the University of Northumbria, presented the findings at the National Astronomy Meeting in Wales this week, Britain's Independent reported Saturday.
Researchers, saying they understand solar cycles better than ever, predict that the sun's normal activity will decrease by 60 percent around 2030 - triggering the "mini ice age" that could last for a decade. The last time the Earth was hit by such a lull in solar activity happened 300 years ago, during the Maunder Minimum, which lasted from 1645 to 1715.
Scientists say there are magnetic waves in the sun's interior that fluctuate between the body's northern and southern hemispheres, resulting in various solar conditions over a period of 10 to 12 years. Based on that data, researchers say they are now better able to anticipate the sun's activity - which has led to the Zharkova team's prediction.
"Combining both [magnetic] waves together and comparing to real data for the current solar cycle, we found that our predictions showed an accuracy of 97 percent," Zharkova said.
If the "mini ice age" does indeed arrive, scientists say it will be accompanied by bitter cold winters - frigid enough to cause rivers, like the Thames in London, to freeze over.
By orb204 - July 12, 2015
Solar scientists, armed with the best data yet regarding the activities of the sun, say the Earth is headed for a "mini ice age" in just 15 years - something that hasn't happened for three centuries.
Professor Valentina Zharkova, of the University of Northumbria, presented the findings at the National Astronomy Meeting in Wales this week, Britain's Independent reported Saturday.
Researchers, saying they understand solar cycles better than ever, predict that the sun's normal activity will decrease by 60 percent around 2030 - triggering the "mini ice age" that could last for a decade. The last time the Earth was hit by such a lull in solar activity happened 300 years ago, during the Maunder Minimum, which lasted from 1645 to 1715.
Scientists say there are magnetic waves in the sun's interior that fluctuate between the body's northern and southern hemispheres, resulting in various solar conditions over a period of 10 to 12 years. Based on that data, researchers say they are now better able to anticipate the sun's activity - which has led to the Zharkova team's prediction.
"Combining both [magnetic] waves together and comparing to real data for the current solar cycle, we found that our predictions showed an accuracy of 97 percent," Zharkova said.
If the "mini ice age" does indeed arrive, scientists say it will be accompanied by bitter cold winters - frigid enough to cause rivers, like the Thames in London, to freeze over.
Comments
Guess I can cancel my order for the Birch bark canoe I was gonna buy.Just in case![;)]
They can barely forecast the weather 5 days in advance with any degree of certainty, so I'll pretty much ignore this tripe. I'm certainly not going to lose any sleep over it.
This is actually much more REAL science than the warming morons. The SUN controls the temp and it runs in cycles. Sometimes you get mini ice ages sometimes you get the whole package. In between it warms up.... UNTIL it starts to cool down again. WITH OR WITHOUT MY SUVs....
Quick! Give Algore trillions so he and his minions can saves us!
These assclowns have an answer for everything[xx(]
damn this glowbull warming anyhow. [:D]........[:D]
Followed by widely scattered light in the morning.
Dang I miss George Carlin....[^]