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tdgeek: Russian scientists discussing their research, including the Maunder Minimum (about 25 mins) based on Solar activity and solar magnetism. There was another minimum 1997-2012, and a prediction that 2025 we would be in a global cooling period.

I have not watched yet but I can tell you the maunder minimum thing is warmed over and served in a different form every few years. Short story - it makes little real difference. For the long story ask NASA:

https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/2953/there-is-no-impending-mini-ice-age/

The solar activity graph does seem to support the doco I watched. NASA does say that there will be no mini ice age as FF is 6X the effect of a solar minimum, which the doco also agreed with. 

Plus the Maunder Minimum was also exacerbated by volcanic activity and its cooling effect.

Onto hurricanes which is the current news. They are natural. They have actually decreased in recent years due to La Nina. That causes more in the Pacific and less in the Atlantic. But a net decrease. There is more heat in the Atlantic, and its more evenly spread, so a hurricane can move more slowly, grow larger and dump more damage as its remaining in place longer. That is not going to improve. Assuming El Nino is the exact reverse, then perhaps the Pacific will have larger events while the Atlantic may see more "normal" events.