Question:
During the Maunder minimum weather in Europe was severe, below average in temperature. It has been referred to as a mini ice age. What if solar astronomers were able to predict an occurrence again; a 70 year period of time during which the Earth would experience very cold temperatures? How would we react to this? How should preparations be made? Who would be most affected? Can humans really prepare for such a lengthy event?
Answer:
Unfortunately solar astronomy has not yet reached the point where such predictions can be made. If such a cool event were to happen, it would help us in the sense of counteracting global warming. There are some suspicions that we may in fact be headed into such a minimum, but there is no way to be certain of this.
The observation you refer to has no confirmed cycle. If you would research your question a little before asking, you would then know that prediction of ice age recurrance depends on data indicating REPETITION. No such "ice age" repetition has shown up yet.
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