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Maunder Minimum - Upcoming Earth Cooling Period

AugustusMaximus · 2008-02-17 23:47:10

Anyone read this lately ? Seemingly there has been very little sunspot activity for the last month and a half. Some scientists believe that this might show the start of another Maunder Minimum. The last time this happened, tempreatures everywhere fell by a degree celcius or more. Whats the liklihood of this actually…

17-02-2008 11:47pm

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Anyone read this lately ?

Seemingly there has been very little sunspot activity for the last month and a half. Some scientists believe that this might show the start of another Maunder Minimum.

The last time this happened, tempreatures everywhere fell by a degree celcius or more.

Whats the liklihood of this actually happening again ?

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#2 18-02-2008 8:55am

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It would only mean that Ireland would return to average. We have warmed by over 1c on this Island over the last 100 years or so.

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