(09-14-2020, 06:48 PM)Snarl Wrote:(09-14-2020, 06:11 PM)F2d5thCav Wrote: The minimum is supposed to last 25 to 30 years or so.
Pretty sure sun cycles run 11 to 12 years top-to-bottom. Let me know if I'm off-base.
Her prediction is of a "grand solar minimum" from 2020 to 2055. How that fits into the regular cycles ... no idea.
Europe had one of these events in the Middle Ages -- the Maunder Minimum. Lasted 70 years (gulp) -- the so-called "Little Ice Age".
https://www.britannica.com/science/Maunder-minimum
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