Is Earth Going Ice Age 15 Years From Now — Climate Change News

She argues that the quieter sun is on track to cause a drop in global temperatures, similar to a mini ice age from 1645 to 1715 known as the Maunder Minimum.

These predictions from the model suggest solar activity will fall by 60 percent during the 2030s to conditions last seen during the “mini ice age” that began in 1645. This helped them isolate the waves that have the largest contribution in the observational data. This method could be compared with the decomposition of white light on the rainbow prism detecting the waves of different frequencies.

“Given that our future minimum will last for at least three solar cycles, which is about 30 years, it is possible, that the lowering of the temperature will not be as deep as during the Maunder minimum”. But they must look at it intimately.

According to experts, the news that has been spread on the internet regarding the upcoming ice age in the next 15 years is doubtful information. Volcanic activities increase after the ice age and this leads to the emissions of greenhouse gases.

The magnetic field of the Sun grows, what means that the flux of cosmic rays decreases, increasing the number of clouds and leading to the warming again. Next comes the reverse course of, the place the magnetic subject of the Sun decreases, the depth of cosmic ray rises, decreasing the clouds and making the environment cool once more. This is a process that comes with a little delay.

Professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, Michael Mann, said that the anthropogenic global warming might be the reason of imbalance on nature and not caused by the sun, Washington Post reported. However, even when human actions affect the local weather, it was potential that the Sun with the brand new minimal would give humanity extra time or a second probability to scale back their industrial emissions and to organize, when the Sun will return to regular exercise.

The researcher, Professor Valentina Zharkova, said that the wave shown during the 17th century and the cycle between 2030 to 2040 are exactly the same.