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太阳也休假？2030年或出现小冰河期

三伏天 “热成狗”的时候，抱怨太阳太过毒辣?那么，现在太阳公公可能想休息一下了。

据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国皇家天文学会近日在威尔士召开了国家天文会议。会上公布了一项科学家们最新研究。研究显示，太阳可能在2030年左右，给自己放一个“小长假”。届时，太阳的活动将只有现在的40%，可能再现 “蒙德极小期”的现象。考研英语词汇

科学家们预测了太阳周期，数据显示2020-2030年之间，太阳周期会相互抵消，地球的气温将会大大降低，可能出现新的“小冰河期”。

上一次的小冰河期出现在17世纪中叶。当时伦敦整条泰晤士河都被冻住了，人们甚至可以徒步渡河。

冰河时期再现该怎么办?这些问题难不倒机智的网友，他们表示将提前储备秋衣秋裤羽绒服，在2030年一举发家致富……

The Earth could be headed for a “mini ice age” researchers have warned.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

马上学：没想到太阳这么任性，说休息就要休息了!蒙德极小期(Maunder minimum)指的是1645-1715年之间，太阳活动非常衰微的时期，而此时也恰好是地球的小冰河期(mini ice age)。传说中的“冰河世纪”难道真要来了?岂不是会冻成狗?英文中，表示“冷”的词除了cold之外，还有很多，如chilly, freezing,icy等。chilly 是寒冷(冷得令人难受);freezing意思是(使人觉得)很冷，严寒的，我们通常说的冰点即freezing point;而icy指“冰冷的，极冷的”，多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。