Showing posts with label Mini Ice Age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mini Ice Age. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Russian scientists are predicting a new mini ice age starting in four years



Russian scientists are predicting a new mini ice age starting in four years. You can watch a video of their presentation. (video 1) (Video 2) The perdiction is based on fluctuations in solar activity. Solar activity seems to be headed to a minimum. Unlike CO2, solar activity is strongly correleted to global warming/cooling.

CHICAGO – A new "Little Ice Age" could begin in just four years, predicted Habibullo Abdussamatov, the head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia....

The Little Ice Age, which occurred after an era known in scientific circles as the Medieval Warm Period, is typically defined as a period of about 200 years, beginning around 1650 and extending through 1850.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Are We Headed Into A Mini Ice Age?


This image of the UK taken from NASA's multi-national Terra satellite on Thursday shows the extent of the freezing weather.


Some Climate Scientists think we are. There is certainly anecdotal evidence from the recent cold temperatures and large snowstorms.

The Daily Mail reported:
The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists.