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These two large black spots on the sun, known as sunspots, appeared quickly in February 2013, and each is as wide across as six Earths.
These two large black spots on the sun, known as sunspots, appeared quickly in February 2013, and each is as wide across as six Earths.
A periodic solar event called a "grand minimum" could overtake the sun perhaps as soon as 2020 and lasting through 2070, resulting in diminished magnetism, infrequent sunspot production and less ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth - all bringing a cooler period to the planet that may span 50 years.
The last grand-minimum event - a disruption of the sun's 11-year cycle of variable sunspot activity - happened in the mid-17th century. Known as the Maunder Minimum, it occurred between 1645 and 1715, during a longer span of time when parts of the world became so cold that the period was called the Little Ice Age, which lasted from about 1300 to 1850.
Comment: Mainstream 'scientists' base their predictions on a demonstrably erroneous belief that human related carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming so their views will inevitably lead to conclusions which are not supported by reality, no matter how much they fiddle the data.
The sun is becoming quiet, other planets are exhibiting unexpected behaviours, Earth is cooling and its climate is cyclical with all signs of an impending ice age up ahead.