As indicated by researchers, a ‘solar minimum’ is going to grip the Earth, and our planet could confront chilly climate and fierce snowstorms for the following 30 years – a small ice age.

Specialists have pointed to the fact that the Sun is going to enter a characteristic ‘hibernation,’ and it may prompt food scarcities, in addition to other things, as temperatures over the planet drop.

A solar minimum is a period in which the Sun discharged less energy or warmth than expected. As indicated by NASA, the ‘Sun will arrive at its least movement in more than 200 years in 2020’.

As indicated by Northumbria University expert Valentina Zharkova, this could drop normal temperatures to drop up to 1 degree C in a cold spell enduring a year; it probably won’t sound like a lot, yet it is a significant drop.

“The Sun is moving toward a hibernation period. Lesser sunspots will be framed on the Sun’s surface, and in this way, less energy and radiation will be produced towards the Earth and other planets.” The Sun cited Professor Zharkova, who has published numerous papers on the Solar minimum topic, as saying.

Despite the fact that Solar minimum is a piece of Sun’s natural life cycle, the 2020 one may be particularly chilly as it is the beginning of an occasion known as a Grand Solar Minimum, where energy transmitted from the Sun drops considerably more than expected. This occasion happens like clockwork every 400 years.

As indicated by The Sun, Professor Zharkova cautioned cold spells, and wet summers could persevere until the Sun gets activity again in 2053. She referred to chills in Canada and Iceland as proof of the Grand Solar Minimum (GSM) already grabbing hold.

The last GSM, as indicated by the report, was the Maunder Minimum, which kept going from 1645 to 1715.

All things considered, it’s a time to prepare yourselves, harsh winter is coming.