The Earth is going to return to an ice age?

The Earth is going through a cold period similar to about 2,800 years ago because the Sun is less active, German scientists speculate.

Scientists at the GFZ Geological Sciences Research Center analyzed the sediment layer at the bottom of the Meerfelder Maar lake in Eifel (Germany) and found direct evidence that Earth had become unusually cold. because the Sun operates at the lowest level.

Lake Meerfelder Maar - where scientists find equal
evidence of a cold period on Earth 2,800 years ago

Dr. Achim Brauer, head of research, said on the Daily Mail: 'An unusually cool period with increased air humidity and windiness took place in Europe 2,800 years ago. At the same time, the Sun's activity decreased to the lowest level ".

Using the most modern method to analyze sediments at the bottom of Lake Meerfelder Maar, scientists can determine exactly the cold period on Earth 2,800 years ago that lasted for about 200 years.

If the study is accurate, a weak solar cycle will have a direct effect on cooling the Earth, as our planet is getting warmer.

Currently, the Sun is in the most active phase, with the increase of black points and solar storms. Scientists surmise that after this period, the Sun will gradually enter the weakest period of activity and this may cause the ice age on Earth.

Three centuries ago, the same change of the Sun also caused an unprecedented cold period known as the "little ice age". At that time, the ice formed on the surface of the Themes River in London with an average thickness of about 30cm and thousands of people starved to death due to snow and ice covering the fields.