tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716723339464297172.post90132330745269107..comments2023-10-29T00:32:41.996-07:00Comments on Weekly Blog: The Year Of The Missing SunspotAdministratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15292036684039230629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5716723339464297172.post-62940575337302881882008-10-03T00:35:00.000-07:002008-10-03T00:35:00.000-07:00Dalton, Sporer and Maunder are names for "global t...Dalton, Sporer and Maunder are names for "global temperature events"??<BR/><BR/>Those are names for periods of sunspot minimum, and they do not correlate well with worldwide climate, despite some of the nonsense I've been seeing recently. The so-called "Little Ice Age" was a local event, not worldwide.<BR/><BR/>The article mentioned we've seen 200 days with no sunspots, but this is not unusual for a solar cycle minimum. The minimum in 1954 with many more spotless days preceded by far the largest sunspot cycle ever recorded, cycle 19, which peaked around 1959.<BR/><BR/>I am not saying this means we are in for another big cycle. But lack of sunspots at cycle minimum is not a useful indicator of future solar activity.<BR/><BR/>For more about sun and climate:<BR/><BR/>http://www.skepticalscience.com/solar-activity-sunspots-global-warming.htmTadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068448368001128294noreply@blogger.com