Paging the Goracle, Al Gore pick up the courtesy phone

Sun's low magnetic activity may portend an ice age

If the Sun’s magnetic activity does not increase, and it goes dim for an extended period, it will get quite chilly. In the meantime the Canada Space Agency, the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the US Air Force Solar Optical Observing Network are all keeping an eye on the Sun.

This is what occurred in the 17th century when the earth experienced a mini ice age. So maybe the Times was right back in the 70's when they predicated a global ice age.