Camper Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 'Mini Ice Age' Looms As NASA Scientist Warns Lack Of Sunspots Could Bring Record Cold “The sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age,” wrote Dr. Tony Phillips just six weeks ago, on September 27, 2018. The lack of sunspots on our sun could bring about record cold temperatures, and perhaps even a mini ice age. Our sun was not expected to head into a solar minimum until around 2020, but it appears to be heading in that direction a little early which could prove to be bad news for warm weather lovers. But a prolonged solar minimum could mean a “mini ice age.” The last time there was a prolonged solar minimum, it did, in fact, lead to a mini ice-age which was scientifically known as the Maunder minimum SHTFplan.com's Mac Slavo writes that sunspots have been absent for most of 2018 and Earth’s upper atmosphere is responding, says Phillips, the editor of spaceweather.com. “The bad news,” according to Phillips, is: “It also delays the natural decay of space junk, resulting in a more cluttered environment around Earth.” “It could happen in a matter of months,” says Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Center on the cold snap that may be coming. “If current trends continue, it could soon set a Space Age record for cold,” says Mlynczak. “We’re not there quite yet,” he said. However, “months” is not all that far away. Data from NASA’s TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) satellite shows that the thermosphere (the uppermost layer of air around our planet) is cooling and shrinking, literally decreasing the radius of the atmosphere. This reduction of solar activity could result in a global cooling phase. “The thermosphere always cools off during Solar Minimum. It’s one of the most important ways the solar cycle affects our planet,” said Mlynczak, according to The New American. The new NASA findings are in line with studies released by UC-San Diego and Northumbria University in Great Britain last year, both of which predict aGrand Solar Minimum in coming decades due to low sunspot activity. Both studies predicted sun activity similar to the Maunder Minimum of the mid-17th to early 18th centuries, which coincided to a time known as the Little Ice Age, during which temperatures were much lower than those of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camper Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 The last mini ice age avg temp is about 4 to 8 degree celcius lower than of today. Buying plots of land in iceland to build my prawn data centre nao! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 ya.... lesser sunspot but whole yr average temp is rising... wonder hoe they calculate..... I think about you. But I don't say it anymore -Marguerite Duras, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODACHEK Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Fake news, Singapore ish still fucking hot. TVB for life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meng.huat Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 mai csb la Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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