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ICE AGE COMING? NEW INFORMATION

While everyone seems to be sure if global warming is real or not, nothing is guaranteed. With all of that as a backdrop, possible global cooling might seem like a fantasy. I am certainly no expert, but have spent much time reading both sides of all the points. One thing that no one seems to talk about is that object that gives us heat. The Sun. The sun has a cycle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle

The "eleven year solar cycle" is really 22 years, and that's an average. Every eleven years the Sun reverses polarity, and marks the cycles. The pattern of the Sun, its cycles, and output has been following the pattern of the beginning of cold periods. Cold periods such as The Maunder Minimum which was the coldest part of the Little Ice Age that we have been emerging from since the mid 1700's.

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New evidence shows the timing of the cycles and the 11-14 year lag of Earths temperatures. If you look at the charts, it suggests reasons why the temperature flattened in 1998. That the winter back East is just the beginning, and 20 years, to a possible Little ice age of 100-250 years in length  may be imminent. These cycles plunge temperatures on Earth quickly, from a few, to a few decades. Cold like this would be much more dangerous than warming. I think its worth exploring.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTS IN THE LINKS, NOTICE HOW CLOSELY THE SUNS CYCLES MATCH EARTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.  The first link is probably not the best first thing to read. It is talking about the lag effect of the cycles, but has good graphs.

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http://joannenova.com.au/

Some back, and forth on it:

And this site has been at it for some years

http://iceagenow.info/

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