{"id":25542,"date":"2020-05-17T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T08:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=25542"},"modified":"2020-05-17T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T08:21:03","slug":"the-sun-has-entered-a-lockdown-period-which-could-cause-freezing-weather-famine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=25542","title":{"rendered":"The sun has entered a \u2018lockdown\u2019 period, which could cause freezing weather, famine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, scientists say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sun is currently in a period of \u201csolar minimum,\u201d meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine \u201crecession\u201d ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Astronomer Dr. Tony Phillips said: \u201cSolar Minimum is underway and it\u2019s a deep one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=zXdBcgVuCY0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSunspot counts suggest it is one of the deepest of the past century. The sun\u2019s magnetic field has become weak, allowing extra cosmic rays into the solar system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExcess cosmic rays pose a health hazard to astronauts and polar air travelers, affect the electro-chemistry of Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere and may help trigger lightning.\u201dnull<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA scientists fear it could be a repeat of the Dalton Minimum, which happened between 1790 and 1830 \u2014 leading to periods of brutal cold, crop loss, famine and powerful volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ScienceCasts: Solar Minimum is Coming\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBKJkU06ICQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Temperatures plummeted by up to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over 20 years, devastating the world\u2019s food production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 10, 1815, the second-largest volcanic eruption in 2,000 years happened at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, killing at least 71,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also led to the so-called Year Without a Summer in 1816 \u2014 also nicknamed \u201ceighteen hundred and froze to death\u201d \u2014 when there was snow in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far this year, the sun has been \u201cblank\u201d with no sunspots 76 percent of the time, a rate surpassed only once before in the Space Age \u2014 last year, when it was 77 percent blank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/05\/14\/the-sun-has-entered-a-lockdown-period-which-could-cause-freezing-weather-famine\/?fbclid=IwAR2DgND6pM1vZ9TUi4c_m3woj4GdscR9gG5ccA8QqI_caxerYGy36ZyqZL4\">By Chris Pollard, The Sun<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our sun has gone into lockdown, which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, scientists say. The sun is currently in a period of \u201csolar minimum,\u201d meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically. Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine \u201crecession\u201d ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared. 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