Not related to man-made climate change. Interesting story on a potential mini-Ice Age coming in 15 years due to reduced sun activity.
That's because, separate from the human-caused warming trend, we face a mini ice age in the 2030s. The sun has cycles of activity, each of which lasts for about a decade. Scientists have known this since the 1840s, and now astrophysicists have figured out how to track each cycle's intensity, in part through the annual average number of sunspots.
After analyzing solar activity cycles dating to the 1970s, a research team led by Northumbria University mathematics professor Valentina Zharkova created a model that it claims is 97 percent accurate in predicting the next cycle. So the team is confident in stating that solar activity will drop by some 60 percent in the 2030s, leading to extremely cold weather conditions that will stretch throughout the decade.
After analyzing solar activity cycles dating to the 1970s, a research team led by Northumbria University mathematics professor Valentina Zharkova created a model that it claims is 97 percent accurate in predicting the next cycle. So the team is confident in stating that solar activity will drop by some 60 percent in the 2030s, leading to extremely cold weather conditions that will stretch throughout the decade.
