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 there is plenty of ideas about it, related to a thing called the Galactic Current Sheet

this is the galactic scale form of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliospheric_current_sheet

it is a massive magnetic alignment propagation across the gases and celestial bodies with magnetic permeability, and it oscillates 360 degrees on a fairly predictable cycle, which currently is around 6000 years per 90 degrees

this is causing a reduction of the protection from radiation and plasma from space and the sun, which is leading to increased cloud formation, increased ultraviolet penetration to the surface, and ultraviolet radiation increases ice melt rates

there will be a continuing very small rise in temperature because it causes increased cloud cover but the same phenomena is going to limit increase of temperature and at a certain point when the field gets weak enough, it will result in massive increases in wind speeds, vulkanism and seismic activity, not to mention size and scale of electrostatic discharges (lightning)

just go look up the current observations of jupiter and venus regarding wind speeds and the loss of atmosphere of pluto and record storms on Saturn and Pluto