Scientists argue over ‘ice age' warnings

It has been reported that climate experts have criticized a report by a UK math professor that was publicized to a great extent. According to the report, a “mini ice age” will be experienced by Earth during the 2030s attributable to a 60% reduction in solar activity.

Last year, Valentina Zharkova’s study was published in The Astrophysical Journal. It showed up following a science conference in Wales. According to the study, the magnetic waves, which lead to sunspots, are present in two different and opposing frequencies.

According to Zharkova, the frequencies will be working against each other within 15 years and this will cause a considerable reduction in the level of solar radiation that hits Earth.

According to her, the sun is quietly moving on the way to lead to a decline in global temperatures, just like a mini ice age from 1645 to 1715 called the Maunder Minimum. As per climate experts, the cooling for a short duration occurred mostly in Europe. It took place on a large extent as a result of an increase in volcanic eruptions due to which, ash and gas filtered rays of the Sun.

According to scientists, “Any reduction in global mean near-surface temperature due to a future decline in solar activity is likely to be a small fraction of projected anthropogenic (manmade) warming”. This was reported in a study published in the journal Nature.

According to Michael Mann, professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, this impact is similar to a drop in the bucket, which could be hardly detected and when it comes to warming trajectory on the whole, greenhouse warming could affect over the next many decades.