A new model explaining variation in the sun’s output suggests Earth is due for a “mini ice age” in the 2030s.
Astronomers have long observed that the number of sunspots varies over a cycle lasting approximately 11 years. At the peak of that cycle, there are more sunspots visible; at the low point, there are fewer. Sunspots are an indication of more energy being released, which hurtles toward earth, leading to slightly higher temperatures on the ground, all else being equal.
This new model not only explains the variation, but suggests the next Maunder minimum is coming between 2030 and 2040.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/new-m...9d55f50da7f4ae
cool, I hope a get to experience the apocalypse before I die
