Funny you should say that:

..."Several weeks later, the Japanese Astronomical Society also suggested that the sun was about to enter a period of reduced solar activity/hibernation, even though the exact opposite should be occurring according to NASA and the Met Office Hadley centre. The Japanese scientific data suggests that the magnetic shifts in the sun, replicate those that occurred during the “Little Ice Age” when the River Thames used to freeze over in London"

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