Scientists Warn Sun Will "Go to Sleep" in 2030, Could Cause Temperatures to Plummet

originally posted by: St Udio

...But in either viewing angle Israel/Jerusalem would Not be the 'Navel' area, scrotum perhaps but not the Navel of the World...

Jerusalem is the scrotum of the world? That explains a lot.

The ‘mini ice age’ hoopla is a giant failure of science communication

This month there’s been a hoopla about a mini ice age, and unfortunately it tells us more about failures of science communication than the climate. Such failures can maintain the illusion of doubt and uncertainty, even when there’s a scientific consensus that the world is warming.

The story starts benignly with a peer-reviewed paper and a presentation in early July by Professor Valentina Zharkova, from Northumbria University, at Britain’s National Astronomy Meeting.

The paper presents a model for the sun’s magnetic field and sunspots, which predicts a 60% fall in sunspot numbers when extrapolated to the 2030s. Crucially, the paper makes no mention of climate.

The first failure of science communication is present in the Royal Astronomical Society press release from July 9. It says that “solar activity will fall by 60 per cent during the 2030s” without clarifying that this “solar activity” refers to a fall in the number of sunspots, not a dramatic fall in the life-sustaining light emitted by the sun.

The press release also omits crucial details. It does say that the drop in sunspots may resemble the Maunder minimum, a 17th century lull in solar activity, and includes a link to the Wikipedia article on the subject. The press release also notes that the Maunder minimum coincided with a mini ice age.

But that mini ice age began before the Maunder minimum and may have had multiple causes, including volcanism.

Crucially, the press release doesn’t say what the implications of a future Maunder minimum are for climate.

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Imagine how many "variables" go into the works of the Sun. Hardly. Now, today they try to predict weather using supercomputers and still don't know all the variables. Do you trust your weather forecast completely?

I've known about the little ice age for a while, it wont be a surprise to me when it happens.