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Earth\u2019s \u2018Big Freeze\u2019 Approaches As Sun Remains Devoid Of Sunspots For Most Of 2018<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Scientists believe that Earth could experience a \u201cbig freeze\u201d as the sun goes through what\u2019s known as \u201csolar minimum.\u201d During this time, sunspots are minimal and the globe could be in for a wicked cold snap.<\/p>\n

Scientists are reporting that the sun has been free of sunspots for a total of 133 days this year, according to The Express UK<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0With only 241 days of 2018 passing, that means the sun has been blank for the majority of the year. Experts continue to warn that this is a sign that the solar minimum is on its way<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThe sun is spotless again. For the 133rd day this year, the face of the sun is blank,\u201d wrote the website <\/a>Space Weather.<\/a> \u201c<\/em>Solar minimum has returned<\/strong>, bringing\u00a0extra cosmic rays<\/a>, long-lasting\u00a0holes in the sun\u2019s atmosphere<\/a>, and strangely\u00a0pink auroras,\u201d<\/a> the website continued.<\/p>\n

The sun follows a cycle of roughly 11 years where it reaches a solar maximum and then a solar minimum. During a solar maximum, the sun gives off more heat and solar particles and is littered with sunspots. Less heat in a solar minimum is due to a decrease in the sun\u2019s magnetic waves.\u00a0 Our\u00a0sun was not expected to head into a solar minimum until around 2020, but it appears to be heading in that direction a little early which could prove to be bad news for warm weather lovers.<\/p>\n

But a prolonged solar minimum could mean a \u201cmini ice age.<\/a>\u201d The last time there was a prolonged solar minimum, it did, in fact, lead to a mini ice-age which was scientifically known as the Maunder minimum.<\/a>\u00a0 That little cold snap lasted for 70 years between the years 1645 and 1715.\u00a0During this period, temperatures dropped globally by 1.3 degrees Celsius leading to shorter seasons and ultimately food shortages.<\/p>\n

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Earth\u2019s \u2018Big Freeze\u2019 Approaches As Sun Remains Devoid Of Sunspots For Most Of 2018 Scientists believe that Earth could experience a \u201cbig freeze\u201d as the sun goes through what\u2019s known as \u201csolar minimum.\u201d During this time, sunspots are minimal and the globe could be in for a wicked cold snap. Scientists are reporting that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18981,415,6489,6490,15531],"class_list":["post-37207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-express-uk","tag-ice-age","tag-mac-slavo","tag-shtfplan-com","tag-solar-minimum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37208,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37207\/revisions\/37208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}