Cool times coming

Published on Sunday 6 January 2008 20:04

I understand that the Russian Academy of Science forecasts "global cooling", based on the history of real climate, taking into account terrestrial precession, instability of ocean currents, solar activity and luminosity etc.

Now we have further confirmation from the Space and Science Research Centre, in Orlando, US. Its investigations of sunspot activity over the past 6,000 years demonstrate the relationship between the number of sunspots and the climate, ie the lower the sunspot count the colder the climate.

A count of less than 50 means a period of intense cold. I am not talking about the next Ice Age, but equivalent to the Little Ice Age of the 16/17th century. It could start with solar cycle 24, which starts this spring, making things colder, by the next three years, and really hit a low with solar cycle 25. This will come about, regardless of the billions wasted trying to prevent global warming. The changes in the Sun are unstoppable.

ROBERT PATE

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Minnigaff, Wigtownshire