Cold in the Middle Ages is returning to Earth

In the near future, our planet waits for a cold weather cycle, which can last until mid-century.

Such forecasts have been presented in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail (USA). As written articles, this year's summer Arctic ice cover has increased 60 percent over the same period last year. The half-European area of ​​ice stretches from the Canadian coast to the north coast of Russia.

For Russians, harsh ice is a strange phenomenon. People find cold season pleasures such as skiing, ice skating, ice fishing. Even, some people are fascinated with the movement of bathing in ice bore holes.

In Central Europe and Southern Europe, it is not always warmer than snowy Russia. For example, the Venice lagoon was frozen on November 3, 1323. In the winter of that year, cargo was transported to Venice by rickshaws running on ice. In the 17th century, the winter market sessions operated for a long time on the face of the Thames, on the foot of the London tower wall. Once upon a time, the Rhein River froze in the downstream area for 4 months each year.

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Vladimir Chuprov, the energy program leader of Greenpeace Russia, commented that the climate has its own development cycles:

"As a result, in the last decade, global warming has slowed down. The temperature has increased, but the rate has decreased. Scientists work under the auspices of the United Nations and prepare to publish the report. new climate in September, knowing and explaining this temperature factor: There is a natural cold cycle, this is a very short cycle, about half a century in the non-catastrophic changes. ".

There are four powerful glacial periods known in Earth's geological history. According to scientists, the current interglacial period began about 12,000 years ago. Mankind is living in favorable climatic conditions, when the temperature fluctuates within the most pleasant range.

This break will of course end and continue with a new ice age - said Alexey Kokorin, director of the WWF Wildlife Fund's Center for Climate Programs.

"The ice age will come but after 10-15 thousand years. It will be possible to become colder in the next 10-20 years. This does not erase the global warming trend. Studies Science shows that the ocean's heat rise is steady and strong.

The problem is not only the average air temperature, but the temperature of the entire climate system, in which the atmosphere accounts for only seven percent. It is impossible to rely solely on the dog's tail, which means the air element, to evaluate everything. The ocean proves that global warming is continuing. "

Thus, a short time, about a few decades, coldness will take place in the context of global warming. In Alexei Kokorin's opinion, scientifically speaking, increasing the Arctic ice area is an example that is not entirely accurate.

"Last year (2012), the ice area dropped to a record. So it is not difficult to understand that this year the ice will be more. The Arctic does not melt every year and continuously. It is the cross-over of the The melting trend and the freezing cycle take place a few years ago, but the volume of ice is equivalent to the 2009 period. But it is still less than in the 1980s. "

The periodicity of the Arctic ice sheet is highlighted in the report from the intergovernmental group of climate change experts. In fact, more tapes have a positive side. For example, last year, finding the right ice for Russia's Arctic-40 research station caught many difficulties. After 8 months of operation, the station was forced to evacuate because the ice block melted. Perhaps this year's Arctic ice surface will be more durable. Facilitate explorers to collect and research data on global climate change.