TexasDevilDog
12-31-2008, 04:30 PM
The first seven months averaged a sunspot count of only three and in August there were no sunspots at all — zero — something that has not occurred since 1913.
According to the publication Daily Tech, in the past 1,000 years, three previous such events — what are called the Dalton, Maunder and Sporer Minimums — have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called the Little Ice Age (1500-1750).
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=315533893763712
According to the publication Daily Tech, in the past 1,000 years, three previous such events — what are called the Dalton, Maunder and Sporer Minimums — have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called the Little Ice Age (1500-1750).
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=315533893763712