Cold Period Predicted

The Washington Times reports a scientist at a British university says other scientists tried to quash a report of her team's findings which point to a period of global cooling.

A physicist who foresees a 30-year period of global cooling says other climatologists have tried to “silence” her latest research on solar cycles.

The Royal Astronomical Society received requests to withdraw a press release on her team’s latest research pointing to a significant drop in solar activity by mid-century.

Her sunspot modeling indicates a reduced solar magnetic field from 2020 to 2053, producing conditions similar to those during the Maunder Minimum, or “Little Ice Age,” a 65-year period of reduced solar activity and low global temperatures during the 17th century.

As she notes, in the Northern Hemisphere during a solar minimum the rivers freeze and there is no true summer. Speculators might consider going short on air conditioning and long on heating oil.