hutton_d

From ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/14/ice_age/ ...

"... What may be the science story of the century is breaking this evening, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – is actually headed into a mini Ice Age. ....."


Tried a search on the Beeb website and came up with this one (latest that mentions it) at ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11480916 ...

"... Professor Lockwood was not involved in the Nature paper; but his research has shown that even though short-term changes in solar output may not affect the global big picture, they can have a powerful impact on local weather patterns, particularly over Europe and Eurasia. "So we might have the ultimate paradox that in a globally warming world we'd have cold winters in Europe. But it would be an awful lot warmer in Greenland," he said. ..."


Guess what kills more people? Cold or heat????? And what are we paying through the nose for? Yep, the fact that it "could" be going to get hotter .....



Dave