'Mini ice age' coming in next fifteen years, new model of the Sun's cycle shows

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http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...w-model-of-the-suns-cycle-shows-10382400.html

There will be a "mini ice age" in 2030, solar scientists have said.

We are now able to predict solar cycles with far greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a new model which shows irregularities in the sun’s 11-year heartbeat.

The model shows that solar activity will fall by 60 per cent between 2030 and 2040 causing a "mini ice age".

The conditions predicted have not been experienced since the last "mini ice age" which lasted from 1645 to 1715, called the Maunder Minimum.

The findings are being presented by Professor Valentina Zharkova at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno.

In 1843 scientists first discovered that the sun's activity varies over a cycle of 10 to 12 years.

Fluctuations within that cycle have been difficult to predict, although many solar physicists new that the variations were caused by a dynamo of moving fluid deep inside the sun.

Professor Zharkova’s team of researchers has found that adding a second dynamo close to the surface of the sun, creates a far more accurate model.

The scientists found magnetic waves in two different layers of the sun’s interior which fluctuate between the northern and southern hemispheres of the sun.

There will be a "mini ice age" in 2030, solar scientists have said.

We are now able to predict solar cycles with far greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a new model which shows irregularities in the sun’s 11-year heartbeat.

The model shows that solar activity will fall by 60 per cent between 2030 and 2040 causing a "mini ice age".

The conditions predicted have not been experienced since the last "mini ice age" which lasted from 1645 to 1715, called the Maunder Minimum.

Frozen fountain at Trafalgar Square in London in January 1963 Frozen fountain at Trafalgar Square in London in January 1963 The findings are being presented by Professor Valentina Zharkova at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno.

In 1843 scientists first discovered that the sun's activity varies over a cycle of 10 to 12 years.

Fluctuations within that cycle have been difficult to predict, although many solar physicists new that the variations were caused by a dynamo of moving fluid deep inside the sun.

Professor Zharkova’s team of researchers has found that adding a second dynamo close to the surface of the sun, creates a far more accurate model.

The scientists found magnetic waves in two different layers of the sun’s interior which fluctuate between the northern and southern hemispheres of the sun.

A depiction of the frozen River Thames from 1754 A depiction of the frozen River Thames from 1754

“Combining both waves together and comparing to real data for the current solar cycle, we found that our predictions showed an accuracy of 97 per cent," Professor Zharkova said.

The magnetic wave patterns show that there will be fewer sunspots in the next two solar cycles. Cycle 25, which peaks in 2022 and Cycle 26, from 2030 to 2040 will both have a significant reduction in solar activity.

What'cha think? BS? Something to keep in mind? Think we've actually come far enough to predict/see signs of something like this happening?

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Didn't they predict a similar thing in the 70's, only to see record heat? Not to knock science, I know we've come a long way in 40 years... but I wouldn't bear weight on it.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Welp ... since we can't burn more hydrocarbons to initiate and sustain the greenhouse gases to counteract the coming ice age, I suggest we eat more beans, cabbage, and pickled eggs. The methane we create will eventually combine with the oxygen in the atmosphere and create the necessary carbon dioxide - sorta like cold fusion - and save our asses from extinction.

Woody

 

[Commander Keen]

I think the real questions we should be considering with this are "how did humans cause this?" And "how can we tax this?"

 

[Brad A]

I think the real questions we should be considering with this are "how did humans cause this?" And "how can we tax this?"

Ha ha! Yes! Global warming is going to cause a mini ice age.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Ha ha! Yes! Global warming is going to cause a mini ice age.

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but yes... that is the actual theory of climate change.

 

[dennishoddy]

Can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but yes... that is the actual theory of climate change.

The wording, yes. When the "earth is gonna burn up" folks got their a$$'s handed to them by falsifying documents and study data, they changed the wording to climate change so that everything is covered from record cold to record heat.
They can never be proven wrong now.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Does this mean my AC bill is going to be lower??

 

[somarsmi]

My daughter and I are putting this article in our time capsule to open in about fifteen years. should I put a winter jacket in there too?

 

[Dave70968]

The reduction in "solar activity" refers to sunspots, not overall output.

Here's a better story: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150709092955.htm