Description:
A study by Russian and Finnish scientists, published in Geosciences, which used AI and 7,600-year-old tree ring data from Northern European pines to identify global cooling events occurring every 300–400 years, driven by reduced solar activity.
Past events, like the Little Ice Age (1645–1715), caused severe cold, frozen rivers (e.g., Thames, Bosphorus), crop failures, and famine. The next cooling is predicted between 2063 and 2073, potentially intensified by volcanic eruptions, such as those of Huayna Putina (1600) or Tambora (1815), which could lead to a severe ice age.
The 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption has already caused atmospheric changes, contributing to extreme cold in Europe and Russia in 2023.
Declining sunspots and a weakening solar magnetic field support the forecast of an impending solar minimum. While this cooling might counteract human-induced global warming, a major volcanic event could worsen the climate crisis, potentially leading to a "big ice age."
Concerns about the Gulf Stream stopping further raise fears of an "ice apocalypse" in Europe.
A study by Russian and Finnish scientists, published in Geosciences, which used AI and 7,600-year-old tree ring data from Northern European pines to identify global cooling events occurring every 300–400 years, driven by reduced solar activity.
Past events, like the Little Ice Age (1645–1715), caused severe cold, frozen rivers (e.g., Thames, Bosphorus), crop failures, and famine. The next cooling is predicted between 2063 and 2073, potentially intensified by volcanic eruptions, such as those of Huayna Putina (1600) or Tambora (1815), which could lead to a severe ice age.
The 2022 Hunga Tonga eruption has already caused atmospheric changes, contributing to extreme cold in Europe and Russia in 2023.
Declining sunspots and a weakening solar magnetic field support the forecast of an impending solar minimum. While this cooling might counteract human-induced global warming, a major volcanic event could worsen the climate crisis, potentially leading to a "big ice age."
Concerns about the Gulf Stream stopping further raise fears of an "ice apocalypse" in Europe.
