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I heard about that on the BBC (I think it was horizon?). Yes it's true, the world could cool down because of weakening Solar activity. However it may not be as extreme as the "Little Ice Age", witch occurred in the 16th-18th centuries, this is because of the amount of CO2 we are producing.
During the little ice age there was a period here when snow didn't melt for four consecutive summers. Three quarters of the population starved to death. While I love cold, let's hope it doesn't get to that level.
Just reading the first couple of pages shows that the author has an agenda...
I hope not, I'm looking for a good time to sit down and read it... there's gotta be a non bias side or showing both sides of the coin at least to appreciate it.
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I heard about that on the BBC (I think it was horizon?). Yes it's true, the world could cool down because of weakening Solar activity. However it may not be as extreme as the "Little Ice Age", witch occurred in the 16th-18th centuries, this is because of the amount of CO2 we are producing.
Always hard to tell using a scale this size because 500-400 isn't 100 days or even 100 years, it's 100 MILLION years. So a rise or drop on the graphic is a fraction of it when looking for even a century trend.
But you can almost see CO2 going up when Global temps come down and even to Ice Age points.
Maybe we'll have an epic battle. Global warming versus new ice age. Which side will win? But if it's a slow war, taking decades or centuries to see the results, it might be too boring to become a TV show.
The point, at least as this writer sees it, s to examine all the theories slowly and very carefully; I retain a healthy suspicion toward those who seem fixated on quick and strongly-centralized responses.
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The energy input from the sun has been slightly decreasing for the past few decades, which should result in the Earth cooling off ....... but global temp measurements show a rather large warming trend on average during that time. Hmmmm ...... I wonder if that could be from the increase in co2?
The world climate is immensely complex with an incredible number of variables, it's hard to predict things with certainty. It's entirely possible for some part of the world to go into a prolonged cold spell, even while on average over time the global temp is increasing. For example, Europe could experience another Little Ice Age as the Arctic ice melts and dilutes the salt content of the Atlantic Ocean, which would shift the Gulf Stream that heats up Britain and Europe.
How many of us actually look back? I don't, but when I do its just so much fun...
It was all for politics and money.
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I miss the older winters in Sweden 
