[The Black Knight]

So, let me get this straight...

The periods before the current one had greater sunspot activity, to correspond with global warming?

The current cycle, which saw global temperatures fall, corresponded with less sunspots than normal?

Who would figure that the Sun’s footprint is so much bigger than Carbon’s?

[cogitator]

The Role of the Sun in 20th Century Climate Change may be helpful.

[gleeaikin]

“less sunspots than normal”

I attended a lecture by an experienced solar scientist. He says the next several will probably be a little cooler, but will then be followed by much hotter weather. If the average 88 year sunspot cycle pattern is still in effect, add that figure to the dates of of the severe weather in the Great Depression, roughly 1929 to 1933, and probably we will have very bad conditions around 2017 to 2021. For those unfamiliar with the sun spot cycles, they average 11 years, 22 years, and a major cycle 88 years.