1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aJDsfvEy8H"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/mathematician-we-ll-have-a-spot-free-sun-possible-mini-ice-age-from-2030/">Mathematician: We’ll have a SPOT-FREE Sun, possible mini ICE AGE from 2030</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/mathematician-we-ll-have-a-spot-free-sun-possible-mini-ice-age-from-2030/embed/#?secret=aJDsfvEy8H" width="600" height="338" title="“Mathematician: We’ll have a SPOT-FREE Sun, possible mini ICE AGE from 2030” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="aJDsfvEy8H" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Astronomers working in the years 1645 to 1715 observed many fewer sunspots than they were accustomed to seeing. Once they'd finished saying their prayers, and arguing over whether to say them in Latin or their national tongue, they could then scratch their results onto the newfangled paper before picking off the medicinal leeches they may have used to ward off any nasty colds brought on by the years of unusually cold temperatures that accompanied the sunspot slump. The lower-than-expected rate of sunspots has since come to be known as the "Maunder Minimum" and a new theory suggests we're about to get another one. So says Professor Valentina Zharkova of Northumbria University, who presented the theory of the Sun's activity cycle at last week's Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_sunspot_loops.jpg