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 phenomenon¹ known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously² 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泰晤士河都冰冻住了。

The new model of the Sun's solar cycle is producing unprecedentedly³ 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 per cent 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 offset⁴ 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。