http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060206/43371626.html

Earth in for another "ice age" in mid-century - scientist

ST. PETERSBURG, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - Low solar activity could 
trigger a global freeze in the middle of the 21st century, a Russian 
astronomer said Monday.

Khabibullo Abdusamatov of the Pulkovo Astronomic Observatory said 
temperatures would begin falling six or seven years from now, when 
global warming caused by increased solar activity in the 20th century 
reached its peak, and that the coldest period would occur 15-20 years 
after a major solar output decline in 2035-2045.

Abdusamatov said dramatic changes in the earth's surface temperatures 
were an ordinary phenomenon, not an anomaly, and resulted from 
variations in the Sun's energy output and ultraviolet radiation.

The Northern Hemisphere's most recent cool-down period of 1645-1705, 
known as the Little Ice Age, left canals in Holland frozen solid and 
forced people in Greenland to abandon their houses to glaciers, the 
scientist said.

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