Solar Cycle 25

Depending on the expert, Solar Cycle 25, a dipping then a slight rise to the solar mass we receive from the sun, is either still years away, or newly upon us this winter. As the sun's energetic patterns, ie the amount of solar particles coming our way from coronal mass ejections, starts to diminish, the amount of cosmic rays that strike our atmosphere will quickly increase. The result will be a diminution of the amount of the sun's radiation emanating down to the earth below.

Now let us stop defining this as either global warming or cooling, but merely as climate change, a normal cycle of nature that occurs periodically. We're just lucky enough to once again experience the wonderful conditions of the first half of the 17th Century. Then, among other things, the Ming Empire collapsed and Central Europe lost from 1/3 to 1/2 of its population. 

Climate is not a uniform system at all. See last year, where the beak of South America became an extension of the Antarctic, while Australia took on the appearance of the Sahara. The current systems of the ocean ensure that chaotic turbulence.

What we will see in the coming months and years, will be shifts in the specific climates of the planet. All over, there will be an unprecedented number of weather anomalies, from steady rainfall in the Maghreb, to the drying out of much of Southern Europe. The greatest impact will be on the one activity most vital to sustaining human life, agriculture. 

Already, the situation looks disastrous for large belts of the agriculture of this planet, in particular China. According to the solar scientist Valentina Zharkova, expect major food shortages starting from winter of 2023. While an emphasis on vertical agriculture might put a dent in the food emergencies to come, a personal emphasis on bucket agriculture, greenhouses and other personal agricultural systems might not be a bad investment for one's own personal survival.