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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Scientists warn the sun will 'go to sleep' in 2030
2015-07-11
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] 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.
Goody. Famine, plagues, vast population migrations followed by war... and possibly witches. But at least the violins will sound absolutely amazing some decades hence.
Posted by:Fred

#9  O Lord, hordes from the north!

hello meester? This my seeeester, she type eighty English words a minute, nine dollah hour only. Thank you kindly
Posted by: Shipman   2015-07-11 22:26  

#8  Talk of this sorts is smoke and mirrors designed to keep the (majority) poor optimistic that something larger, uncontrollable is coming to even out the unfair imbalances in this world.
if/when it happens worry then and not before time.
Posted by: Omoter Gray9391   2015-07-11 16:15  

#7  Great. In 15 years we're gonna be invaded by snowbacks too.
Posted by: Whonter Darling of the Bunions4601   2015-07-11 14:13  

#6  But at least the violins will sound absolutely amazing some decades hence.

Hopefully the Stradivarii will carry us through then. :-)
Posted by: gorb   2015-07-11 12:49  

#5  Well, the climate/historical record is that people die off when it turns cold and people thrive when it turns warm. Given the ruling class mumbles every now and then there are too many people already in the world, one might start to think the whole MMGW gig was to get the rubes set up for the real natural and deadly climate change. The French Revolution model looks better and better every day.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-07-11 08:55  

#4  I can haz global warming pls?
Posted by: Shipman   2015-07-11 08:20  

#3  OOOOPPPPPPSSSS, forgot TOPIX > [News Kerala] GLOBAL WARMING WAS TRAPPED IN INDIAN, PACIFIC OCEANS TEMPORARILY.

ARTIC read, THE SUN WAS, IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASINGLY HEAT UP THE EARTH.

[MADONNA'S "RAY OF LIGHT" here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-11 01:38  

#2  The "GREAT SLUSHY/SLURPEE".

IIRC, I've read from various Science texts that the Sun tends to explode = unleash massive Solar Flares/CMES of still-undetermined magnitude at the beginning, as well as near or at the end, of the MAJOR ice ages.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IFF THE SAME OCCURS VEE THE "MINI".

FYI AFAIK its not clear iff the above is inclusive of any protractive lack of sunspots.

* ION JAPAN TIMES > GLOBAL WARMING SHRINKING THE PRESENCE OF VITAL BUMBLEBEES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

* ENE NEWS > NOAA: MANY FISHES [Specias] DISAPPEARING FROM THE PACIFIC.

GWCC-vs-FUKUSHIMA, or perhaps "andor"???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-07-11 01:24  

#1  The warmer zealots will still scream and rant even as the glaciers march across Canada. Their religion brooks no dissent from anyone, even the Sun.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2015-07-11 00:26  

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