Sunspot Activity Continues To Drop

slreboy writes "The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower. The year 2008 was a bear. There were no sunspots observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73 percent). To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913, which had 311 spotless days. Prompted by these numbers, some observers suggested that the solar cycle had hit bottom in 2008. Maybe not. Sunspot counts for 2009 have dropped even lower. As of March 31st, there were no sunspots on 78 of the year's 90 days (87 percent)..."

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[Doc Ruby]

Sunspots have practically nothing to do with "Global Warming", or rather, practically nothing to do with climate change. If humans stopped producing too much Greenhouse pollution, climate change could slow or reverse as we returned to our inherited equilibrium. Continuing to emit too much Greenhouse pollution, regardless of sunspots or other natural activity, ensures we're changing the climate too much for our civilization to survive the effects.