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To: longnshort who wrote (114847)	8/2/2008 9:50:00 PM
From: LowtherAcademy	Respond to of 132070

The latest thinking on this mini ice age is summed up in this brief cut and paste: Scientist predicts 'mini Ice Age' UPI \| February 8 2006 A Russian astronomer has predicted that Earth will experience a "mini Ice Age" in the middle of this century, caused by low solar activity. Khabibullo Abdusamatov of the Pulkovo Astronomic Observatory in St. Petersburg said Monday that temperatures will begin falling six or seven years from now, when global warming caused by increased solar activity in the 20th century reaches its peak, RIA Novosti reported. The coldest period will occur 15 to 20 years after a major solar output decline between 2035 and 2045, Abdusamatov said. Dramatic changes in the earth's surface temperatures are an ordinary phenomenon, not an anomaly, he said, and result from variations in the sun's energy output and ultraviolet radiation. The Northern Hemisphere's most recent cool-down period occurred between 1645 and 1705. The resulting period, known as the Little Ice Age, left canals in the Netherlands frozen solid and forced people in Greenland to abandon their houses to glaciers, the scientist said. So, it would seem that we might have a paradox of a warming Earth being delayed or "masked" by solar activity. In any event, it does seem we are looking at a very quick change of climate for certain parts of the World. But, then, I kind of don't think there is much that can be done about it either way. Looks like a lot of species will exit the stage and a lot of marginal third World populations will suffer steep declines from food dislocations and tribal strife. Lew