What is Going On With the Sun?

Sunspots are a leading indicator of solar activity. In other words, the more sunspots, the more output, the hotter the sun gets. For months now there has been no sign of sunspots. The sun is actually cooling slightly. If this continues, we may find ourselves in a new "Maunder Minimum". That was a period of about 30 years centered on 1700 when there were also no sunspots. It is the time we know today as The Little Ice Age. It seems intuitive to me that sun output and temperatures on Earth are directly linked. But that's an inconvenient truth to the man-made global warmists. More from today's Independent.