Our sun had a few spots last week from the next cycle but it has been very quiet. How quiet? From Spaceweather:
CENTURY-CLASS SOLAR MINIMUM:
On the sun, 2019 is ending the same way it began--without sunspots. The sun has been blank for 281 days this year. To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go all the way back to 1913 (311 days). This means we are experiencing a century-class Solar Minimum. Forecasters expect these low sunspot counts to continue in 2020. Happy New Year!
No sunspots = quiet sun
Quiet sun = cooler climate on Earth (and the other planets - Mars' icecap is growing)
Global warming? Still waiting for conclusive proof and not the results of some new computer model. CO2 is plant food.
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