The Earth could be headed for a 'mini ice age' researchers have warned.科学家警告称，地球可能会逐渐进入“小冰河期”。

A new study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles - and says that between 2020 and 2030 solar cycles will cancel each other out.

据悉，一项新的研究预测出了太阳周期，称2020年和2030年期间太阳周期会彼此抵消。

This, they say, will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London's River Thames to freeze over.

他们称，这回导致一种叫做“蒙德极小期”的现象，此前出现这种现象是在1646和1715年间发生的小冰河期，甚至导致伦敦的整条莱茵河都冰冻住了。

The new model of the Sun's solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly accurate predictions of irregularities within the Sun's 11-year heartbeat.

最新的太阳活动周期预测模型能够准确预测太阳黑子的周期，并释出了预测太阳每11年心跳不规则活跃期之精准数据。

Predictions from the model suggest that solar activity will fall by 60 percent during the 2030s to conditions last seen during the 'mini ice age' that began in 1645.

从预测模型中的结论中可归纳，太阳活动会在2030年代掉到只剩40%，就跟上次1645年出现的“小冰河时期”是一样的。

The model predicts that the pair of waves become increasingly offset during Cycle 25, which peaks in 2022.

同时，预测也说这两个磁波会造第25太阳周期在2022年颠峰期会造成抵消现象。During Cycle 26, which covers the decade from 2030-2040, the two waves will become exactly out of synch and this will cause a significant reduction in solar activity.

到了第26太阳周期 ，即2030-2040年间 ，这两个磁波几乎就会完全抵消造成太阳活动状况大大减少。

Source: hjenglish.com