Posted on 07/10/2015 11:59:13 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice age' researchers have warned.
A new study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles - and says that between 2020 and 2030 solar cycles will cancel each other out.
This, they say, will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London's River Thames to freeze over.
The new model of the Sun's solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly accurate predictions of irregularities within the Sun's 11-year heartbeat.
It draws on dynamo effects in two layers of the Sun, one close to the surface and one deep within its convection zone.
Predictions from the model suggest that solar activity will fall by 60 per cent during the 2030s to conditions last seen during the 'mini ice age' that began in 1645, according to the results presented by Prof Valentina Zharkova at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno.
The Maunder Minimum (also known as the prolonged sunspot minimum) is the name used for the period starting in about 1645 and continuing to about 1715 when sunspots became exceedingly rare, as noted by solar observers of the time.
It caused London's River Thames to freeze over, and 'frost fairs' became popular.
This period of solar inactivity also corresponds to a climatic period called the 'Little Ice Age' when rivers that are normally ice-free froze and snow fields remained year-round at lower altitudes. . .
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In that case, liberals will need to start taxing companies for not producing enough CO2.
C’mon, the Sun has no impact on temperature... seriously... go ask a libtard.
.... Please Al Gore .... Enlighten us ....
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Jeese weather geeks take a chill pill.. <<— metaphor..
They can heat St. Peter’s by burning copies of Laudato Si.
Here are a couple of solar tidbits:
What is the rate at which energy is generated in one cubic meter of the core of the Sun?
45 Watts.
How much time elapses from the generation of energy in the center of the Sun to the time it is radiated from the surface?
30,000 years.
It is actually easier to predict solar cycles than the Earth’s climate. BUT, we are assured we are all going to die from global warming and the sun has nothing to do with climate.
Well if it does, it’ll be because we didn’t pay enough taxes!
Weren't these dip wads saying this back in the 70s. When it didn't resonate, they changed to global warming. Now, we are back to global cooling again. I wish these A holes would make up their minds once and for all.
More data to 2011 here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/29/999981/-eSci-The-Sun-is-Acting-Strangely#
At least my energy stocks will come back then.....
Sun going to sleep?
Bill Cosby slipped it some date rape drugs....wasn’t no pudding pop.
We praise the Lord who makes us whole...
We praise Him for gas and oil and coal...
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Looking at this, you’d think that the Creator was actually all-wise.
This might be the leftist exit from global warming in an attempt to save face.
“The Maunder Minimum (also known as the prolonged sunspot minimum) is the name used for the period starting in about 1645 and continuing to about 1715 when sunspots became exceedingly rare, as noted by solar observers of the time.
It caused London’s River Thames to freeze over, and ‘frost fairs’ became popular.”
Never happened...burn those books...
If mankind had any sense we’d go nuclear in a big way - just in case. Even if it’s actually warming we’ll have the power for the AC! ; -)
You mean to tell me “global warming” will cease and then it will be “global cooling”..........Oh my!
You mean to tell me “global warming” will cease and then it will be “global cooling”..........Oh my!
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