No meteorological reason. Early cold snap. Mini-ice age? The headline seemed to tie the two together in a random sort of way.
My kneejerk reaction to getting so many opposing opinions on the climate and where it’s headed.
I defer to the experts...you. I do not know what all is in for the near future.
Think the article is using the event as an example (and perhaps poorly...since the climate is just an average of extremes). Lot’s of research being done now on the sun’s role...cosmic radiation’s role...and just plain cycles.
“...Ushering in Mini Ice-Age
Bull sprinkles. ...I defer to the experts...you. I do not know what all is in for the near future.”
You are right. No one KNOWS we are heading for a mini ice age. However it does not take divination to observe phenomena, record results, see it repeated, and draw conclusions.
The observed phenomena which corresponds to logic and known facts is that extremely low sunspot activity has a significant cooling effect on the earth. It is known this effect is delayed by a thermal flywheel situation. It is known that we just went through a VERY inactive solar period approximating inactivity levels of the last minimum. It is known that the warming trend of the decade prior to this was halted.
The question remains, will the low solar activity continue for many decades as in the maunder minimum? No one knows, but some are guessing based on limited evidence that it is not over yet. The other question is whether man’s high levels of carbon output can have even a slight mitigating factor if another solar minimum period occurs? Evidence, contrary to warming alarmists, is that man’s impact is miniscule versus the sun’s impact on temperatures.
Use more aerosols :-)