(CNN)Scientists have made a discovery about the sun's "heartbeat" that they say indicates that Earth's Northern Hemisphere will experience a deep freeze in 15 years.

 

The sun has a "solar heartbeat," or cycle of activity, that produces energy that causes sunspots and solar flares. Scientists at Northumbria University in northeast England developed a model that illustrates the history of these heartbeats and that predicts there will be irregularities in them. The model suggests that solar activity will fall by 60% during the 2030s.

 

Study: Sun's irregular heartbeat may bring freeze - CNN.com

Hmmmm that sounds kind of terrifying.

Related:

 

The Grand Minimum.

 

That's around the time we will hit the 2 degrees Celsius mark. Maybe we need to go ahead burn some more fossil fuels to warm the planet more in preparation. :walk:

This is probably a symptom of Global Warming too, I'd assume...

I've got a little space heater by my desk, think I'll be alright?

This is an astronomy site that I respect. They are saying that the whole thing is being exaggerated: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids.

So they say it will decrease by up to 60%.

 

What does that mean?

This is an astronomy site that I respect. They are saying that the whole thing is being exaggerated: SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids.

 

That's a neat site.

 

Seems like I've read that the "mini ice age" was also caused by some heavy volcanic activity from the prior year.

That's a neat site.

 

Seems like I've read that the "mini ice age" was also caused by some heavy volcanic activity from the prior year.

 

I believe that would have been 1816. The year without a summer.

 

Pretty sure the mini ice age was in the 1600s.

I believe that would have been 1816. The year without a summer.

 

Pretty sure the mini ice age was in the 1600s.

 

Thanks, the year without a summer was what I was thinking of.

I believe that would have been 1816. The year without a summer.

 

Pretty sure the mini ice age was in the 1600s.

 

Thanks, the year without a summer was what I was thinking of.

 

 

Mt. Pinatubo

I was thinking of Krakatoa as having something to do with this, but that was much later.

 

Seems like I've read that the "mini ice age" was also caused by some heavy volcanic activity from the prior year.

 

Exactly. This won't happen anytime soon.

Will I be able to look directly at the sun then?