MEXICO
CITY, February 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- An eminent Mexican geophysicist says
that despite predictions
of global warming based on computer
models, the world may be on the verge
of an eighty-year cold period similar
to the “little ice age”
experienced by Europe from 1300 to 1800
A.D..
Víctor
Manuel Velasco, of the University of
Mexico’s Institute of Geophysics,
says that recent winter conditions are
similar to those of the “little
ice age”, and in particular the
“Maunder Minimum,” a period
during which sunspot activity dropped
significantly. He also notes that the
Earth is in a similar position today
in relation to the rest of the solar
system, a fact which he regards as significant
for climate.
“We
are talking about the period between
1645 and 1715, which is known as the
Maunder Minimum, a period in which the
sunspots practically disappeared from
the surface of the sun, and in which
our planet occupied a position similar
to which it has today, with respect
to the center of gravity of our [solar]
system.” Velasco said in an interview
published by the university.
Velasco
dismissed computer models that are used
to predict global warming as a result
of man-made carbon dioxide emissions,
noting that “today we are experiencing
a scientific revolution in which on
one side there are are supercomputers
and on the other, human intelligence.
Only human beings create knowledge and
science, and those who bet on computers
are making an erroneous diagnosis.”
“It
will be nature that demonstrates which
theory is the correct one. However,
the Earth is getting colder,”
he added.
Although
sunspot activity has been higher in
recent decades, which has correlated
with higher global temperatures, it
has recently shown signs of dropping.
The year 2009 marked a particularly
low point in the 11-year sunspot cycle,
representing the “deepest solar
minimum in nearly a century” according
to NASA.
Velasco
says that he has been studying the relationship
between solar activity and climate since
2002, and “our observations led
us to predict, in 2008, that the climate
would begin to grow colder around 2010,
and nature is beginning to demonstrate
if the prediction was right or not.”
The
geophysicist believes that a “mini
ice age” began in 2010 which will
last between 60 and 80 years, and says
that “there does not exist a scientific
consensus regarding the influence and
responsibility of man in global warming,”
according to a University of Mexico
press release describing his views.
Velasco
is one of many scientists who question
the conclusions of the United Nation’s
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), a political body which has been
the primary force behind the promotion
of the catastrophic global warming hypothesis.
The theory is
a favorite of organizations seeking
to justify population control measures
such as abortion, contraception, and
sterilization.