For those who don't have time to read the article, "mini Ice Age" literally means that winter will last longer, and be more prevalent at lower altitudes/latitudes. Mildly sensational, but an interesting read.
Agreed! Some of my favorite vegetables (spicy peppers) have long growing seasons of 100+ days. If winter starts lasting longer, then those vegetables can no longer be grown in high latitudes/altitudes.
"World temperatures could rise by between 1.1 and 6.4 °C (2.0 and 11.5 °F) during the 21st century" IPCC
So, "one degree per century" is accurate if (a) you clarify you mean Celsius, not Farenheit and (b) you're saying the minimum increase, while also noting the maximum increase could be six times as high.
For those who don't have time to read the article, "mini Ice Age" literally means that winter will last longer, and be more prevalent at lower altitudes/latitudes
Well, that's what "ice age" meant in the days of wooly mammoths too. Longer, colder winters. It just needs to be sustained for a few thousand years before the glaciers start rolling through Central Park.
There's a good book on the political and social consequences of the last little ice age: The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan.
That's a relief. I went to the comments first to see if the article was worth my time, but because of the title, I was under the idea that we were all going to die in 10 years.
