2014 started out with a brrr.
Hundreds of cold temperature records were set in January 2014.
(Tywkiwdbi)
Scientists are reporting the Sun’s activity is at its lowest level in 100 years. This may cause another mini ice age like the one in the 17th century.
The Daily Mail reported:
The Sun’s activity is at its lowest for 100 years, scientists have warned.
They say the conditions are eerily similar to those before the Maunder Minimum, a time in 1645 when a mini ice age hit, Freezing London’s River Thames.
Researcher believe the solar lull could cause major changes, and say there is a 20% chance it could lead to ‘major changes’ in temperatures.
‘Whatever measure you use, solar peaks are coming down,’ Richard Harrison of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire told the BBC.
‘I’ve been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this.’
He says the phenomenon could lead to colder winters similar to those during the Maunder Minimum.
‘There were cold winters, almost a mini ice age.
‘You had a period when the River Thames froze.’