New Ice Age Feared

National Geographic News reports that the sun is more quiet than it has been in one hundred (100) years, "quiet" in the sense of producing no solar storms. That much is fact. There is also speculation that this could lead to another ice age, of unknown length. They note:

The coldest period of the Little Ice Age, between 1645 and 1715, has been linked to a deep dip in solar storms known as the Maunder Minimum.

Here at COTTonLINE we earlier noted the resemblance of current events to the earlier Maunder Minimum. It is odd how little our current situation resembles global warming; you might want to buy a really good parka.