Are we Heading Into a New Ice Age?

Recently the Global Warming Policy Foundation in the UK heard a presentation from eminent Professor of Mathematics Valentina Zharkova. Professor Zharkova’s team have developed a method which suggests the possibility to predicting solar activity. The team at Northumbria University had to undertake their research in their own time as funding was not forthcoming. Despite the vital importance of this research.

Using something called Principle Component (PC’s) Analysis (PCA) Professor Zharkova isolated apparent dipoles in the Sun’s energetic layers which strongly correlated to the formation of Sunspots. This led to confirmation that the Sun’s electromagnetic activity is not only cyclical, a fact known for some time, but also that the pattern of variance within the cycle is stable. As Professor Zharkova describes, it is a stable oscillator.

The identified variance in the magnetic field oscillation was shown to precisely match known records of visible sunspot activity on the solar surface. Depsite The IPCC’s refusal to countenance anything other than 0.04% of the atmosphere (CO2) driving global warming there is a growing body of science which suggests the gargantuan thermonuclear reactor at the heart of our ‘Solar system’ may have something to do with it. For example Chinese Scientists wrote a paper in 2014 which demonstrated a correlation between Sunspot activity and global surface temperature.

When the team extrapolated their findings they demonstrated that the linear plotting of the summary wave of PC’s, produced by magnetic dipoles and seen as sunspots, corresponded to known global temperature variations including the Maunder (grand) Minimum (1645-1715), Wolf (grand) minimum (1200), Oort (grand) minimum (1010-1050), Homer (grand) minimum (800-900 BC); the medieval (900-1200) warm period, Roman (400-10BC) and other warm periods.

Professor Zharkova’s work suggests hitherto impossible prediction of the Sun’s electromagnetic oscillations (and related sunspot activity.) Her work indicates that solar magnetic field irradiance will be at a minimum between 2020 – 2055. If correct, this will lead to a decrease in solar energy absorption of up to 8 watts per square meter (8W/m2). This would dwarf the 1W/m2 increase predicted by the alleged ‘experts’ at the political lobby group the IPCC.

Much diminished electromagnetic activity will lead to global cooling. Of course this is completely at odds with the climate change alarmism of the IPCC. However rapid cooling, throughout the human history of our climate, has always represented the greater threat. The many higher periods of atmospheric C02 concentration we have enjoyed in the past have always led to greater biodiversity, not less. It is plant food after all.

So if there is reason for alarm it is most likely indicated by the research of scientists like Professor Zharkova, and the many others who understand that it is the activity of the Sun (and consequent cloud layer) which is the primary driver of climate change, not mankind’s activity.

Thankfully, buying extreme cold weather gear will be relatively cheap over the next couple of years while millions continue to be duped by the economic and political drivers of so called anthropogenic (man made) global warming scares. I know where I’ll be hedging my bets.

Right! Where’s that Berghaus catalogue?