Posted on 06/23/2015 5:12:38 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Climate experts warn the amount of light and warmth released by the sun is nosediving to levels "not seen for centuries".
They fear a repeat of the so-called 'Maunder Minimum' which triggered Arctic winter whiteouts and led to the River Thames freezing 300 years ago.
The Met Office-led study warns although the effect will be offset by recent global warming, Britain faces years of unusually cold winters.
A spokesman said: "A return to low solar activity not seen for centuries could increase the chances of cold winters in Europe and eastern parts of the United States but wouldn't halt global warming.
"Return of 'grand solar minimum' could affect European and eastern US winters."
Long episodes of low solar activity were seen during the Maunder Minimum between 1645 and 1715 and the 'Dalton Minimum' from 1790 to 1830.
Both periods coincided with colder-than-normal global temperatures earning the title from scientists of "Little Ice Age."
The latest study, published in Nature Communications, found reduced solar activity will lead to an overall cooling of the Earth of 0.1C.
A much bigger cooling effect is expected for Britain, northern Europe and North America where thermometers could drop by 0.8C.
Amanda Maycock, of the University of Cambridge and National Centre for Atmospheric Science, said: "It's important that we consider the potential impact of changes in UV output when looking at future climate."
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Jolly good! :-)
The little ice age is CAUSED BY
global warming.
I kid you not, there’ll be a leftist out there that says as much.
...or DC...
It probably also has something to do with my “white privilege” and that I once looked towards a Confederate flag.
The English wine industry, revived in a small way in the 1950s, is now flourishing, with some of the sparking whites beating champagnes in blind tastings. 500 vineyards and more acres of vines planted every year. See the English wine association website: English Wine Association
Hmmm.
British pensioners get winter fuel allowance from the Govt and help with heating and heating costs. You make the UK sound like some hellhole.
Also very few UK houses have stoves these days, the ‘newer’ houses (ie those built since the 60’s) have central heating as a legal requirement. Unless they live in some old big house, UK old folks like in a home with central heating and a fire, either coal or electric, usually the latter.
Kind of like the new ice age in the 1970’s, huh?
I lived through that one, glad I bought stock in Coppertone.
You might ask them if they want a little cheese with their whine.
snicker, snicker.
When I was very young, I remember a book that taught about the 100,000 year cycle of cooling and warming. It would become warmer for 10,000 years or so, and then return to another 100,000 years of ice. Many theories have tried to explain this reality. It is going to get colder. Even if we purposefully pumped C02 and methane into the atmosphere, when the Sun cools, so will we. The current GloBull Gloaming computer ‘models’ cannot compute clouds, and do not take into account the fluctuations of the Sun. In other words, those ‘models’ are crap!
No, more like the one from 1645 to 1715.
That was actually just a bit of sarcasm; but the way the scientific community has been prognosticating the weather and climate for the last 20 years, I think I will purchase even more stock in Coppertone.
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