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TheDanger · Jul 13, 2015

EDIT:

story seems to be wrong...

Randolph Freelander said:
Rebuttal article (more like a rant, actually)

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/13/3679662/global-warming-speed-up-not-ice-age/

More at link.

searched didn't see this posted

There will be a "mini ice age" in 2030, solar scientists have said.

We are now able to predict solar cycles with far greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a new model which shows irregularities in the sun’s 11-year heartbeat.

The model shows that solar activity will fall by 60 per cent between 2030 and 2040 causing a "mini ice age".

The conditions predicted have not been experienced since the last "mini ice age" which lasted from 1645 to 1715, called the Maunder Minimum.

More at the link.

Master Yoshi · Jul 13, 2015

As someone from southeastern Georgia, I say bring it on!

FeD.nL · Jul 13, 2015

Winter is coming

Eggbok · Jul 13, 2015

Hoth here we come.

Randolph Freelander · Jul 13, 2015

Everyone, go outside and burn some coal right now.

gutshot · Jul 13, 2015

Well, technically, we are in an ice age right now. So it would be more like a mini lapse in the interglacial period we are currently experiencing.

Anton Sugar · Jul 13, 2015

"So much for global warming!"

Courage · Jul 13, 2015

fuck snow

BiGBoSSMk23 · Jul 13, 2015

FeD.nL said:
Winter is coming

FFFFFFUUUUUCK YEWWW

TheDanger · Jul 13, 2015

FeD.nL said:
Winter is coming

Expected this to be first post

OctoMan · Jul 13, 2015

but muh global warming

Jk

KINGofCRA5H · Jul 13, 2015

Cool.

Gr1mLock · Jul 13, 2015

Grexeno · Jul 13, 2015

Checkmate libruls

Red Liquorice · Jul 13, 2015

If I'm still alive, awesome. If I'm dead, let everyone freeze/burn for all I care.

Veritigo_X · Jul 13, 2015

We'll be wishing global warming was real once this hits.

Xpike · Jul 13, 2015

well shit

Charles Foster Kane · Jul 13, 2015

Anton Sugar said:
"So much for global warming!"

lol

Paches · Jul 13, 2015

Randolph Freelander said:
Everyone, go outside and burn some coal right now.

Joining a Coal Rollers group ASAP

Freedom = $1.05 · Jul 13, 2015

called the Maunder Minimum.

this is some 40K sounding shit right here

The Lamonster · Jul 13, 2015

neat to see no one here taking this seriously lol

barnone · Jul 13, 2015

i'm waiting for peer review and unrushed, typo-free articles.

Abounder · Jul 13, 2015

Now that's an inconvenient truth

starwarsfan541 · Jul 13, 2015

barnone said:
i'm waiting for peer review and unrushed, typo-free articles.

This

But if its going to happen its going to be really bad

KHarvey16 · Jul 13, 2015

The Lamonster said:
neat to see no one here taking this seriously lol

Research isn't available to look at yet. And even if it's accurate, it doesn't really change a whole lot regarding global warming.

Yrael · Jul 13, 2015

We are approaching another sunspot minimum, yes, but thanks to human-made climate change conditions will not be the same as the last "mini ice age," in which the River Thames froze over.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/grand-solar-minimum-barely-dent-AGW.html

Mortemis · Jul 13, 2015

So global warming really is just one big joke! Fox news should be reporting on this any second now.

TheDanger · Jul 13, 2015

The Lamonster said:
neat to see no one here taking this seriously lol

-Plasma Reus- · Jul 13, 2015

Time to pollute as much as we can before it hits.
Gotta let that greenhouse effect save us.

Randolph Freelander · Jul 13, 2015

Rebuttal article (more like a rant, actually)

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/13/3679662/global-warming-speed-up-not-ice-age/

U.K. tabloids, conservative media, and others are (mis)reporting that the Earth will enter a “mini ice age” in the 2030s. In fact, not only is the story wrong, the reverse is actually true.

More at link.

Dusk Soldier · Jul 13, 2015

"After the long summer, darkness will fall heavy on the world. The stars will bleed. The cold breath of winter will freeze the seas... and the dead shall rise in the North."

Sounds like the long night is upon us. I suggest everyone stock up on dragon glass.

TheSadRanger · Jul 13, 2015

So Sunshine turned out to be the one most likely to happen :/

Kabouter · Jul 13, 2015

KHarvey16 said:
Research isn't available to look at yet. And even if it's accurate, it doesn't really change a whole lot regarding global warming.

I agree as regards the overall seriousness of global warming, that said, depending on the severity, it could be quite disastrous if it actually does come to pass. The eruption of the Tambora in 1815 was an event with absolutely horrific consequences, and that was just a three year period.

Clydefrog · Jul 13, 2015

Aww, look at the mini ice age! It's so cute!

Interfectum · Jul 13, 2015

Seems Sean Bean was correct.

KHarvey16 · Jul 13, 2015

Haha, if you read the press release carefully it says this could produce conditions similar to the conditions that previously caused a mini ice age.

Most of the press did not read carefully.

Africanus · Jul 13, 2015

So in 2030, if this is true, the climate change debate will begin again meaning no progress will be made and the world will continue to head towards its devastation.

BFIB · Jul 13, 2015

Republicans in 2030 "Global Freezing is a myth!"

BobLoblaw · Jul 13, 2015

Anton Sugar said:
"So much for global warming!"

So we don't listen to scientists when they say climate change is real, but we do listen to scientists when they say there will be a mini ice age? Brilliant!

Randolph Freelander · Jul 13, 2015

nemss said:
Republicans in 2030 "Global Freezing is a myth!"

Oh, no, they'd run with global freezing. It would be "drill baby drill, we have a planet to save (and fossil fuel industry profits to make)" with the volume turned up to 11.

Kabouter · Jul 13, 2015

KHarvey16 said:
Haha, if you read the press release carefully it says this could produce conditions similar to the conditions that previously caused a mini ice age.

Most of the press did not read carefully.

Pffft, guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Irminsul · Jul 13, 2015

Randolph Freelander said:
Rebuttal article (more like a rant, actually)

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/13/3679662/global-warming-speed-up-not-ice-age/

Well that didn't take long. I actually thought better of the Independent, oh well.

TheDanger · Jul 13, 2015

Irminsul said:
Well that didn't take long. I actually thought better of the Independent, oh well.

yeah me too, me too.

Flo_Evans · Jul 13, 2015

No one can guess the weather is what I take from this news. Might get hotter. Might get colder.

KHarvey16 · Jul 13, 2015

Kabouter said:
Pffft, guess I shouldn't be surprised.

At this point my instincts are to immediately pull up the research when you see these sorts of headlines, but unfortunately the paper hasn't been released yet. It's sad but I can remember instances where tons of headlines report a story that is wholly unsupported or even directly contradicted by the actual research paper! I can't imagine what it's like to be one if these scientists and see that.

God Dayumm · Jul 13, 2015

This is bad for crop yields and biodiversity. Cold kills and makes us use more fossil fuels. We need more global warming

Beardz · Jul 13, 2015

I was thinking about the animated movie, and I was like "this announce is a bit premature...".

TCRS · Jul 13, 2015

Irminsul said:
Well that didn't take long. I actually thought better of the Independent, oh well.

somehow take the Independent more serious than a website called thinkprogress.

Irminsul · Jul 13, 2015

TCRS said:
somehow take the Independent more serious than a website called thinkprogress.

And I base my assessment on the content of the articles, not the name of the website.

Because the sun reaching a minimum similar to the Little Ice Age does make sense on its own. But that has just very little to do with the climate. The main driver of the Little Ice Age were volcanic eruptions, not the sun.

A Fish Aficionado · Jul 13, 2015

KHarvey16 said:
At this point my instincts are to immediately pull up the research when you see these sorts of headlines, but unfortunately the paper hasn't been released yet. It's sad but I can remember instances where tons of headlines report a story that is wholly unsupported or even directly contradicted by the actual research paper! I can't imagine what it's like to be one if these scientists and see that.

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