Sunspots seem to be tied in with the heating and cooling of the Earth. You must remember that this past month with no sunspot activity was merely that - one month.
The issue is that *if* something happens to where there are no, or very few, sunspots for a long period of time, it will most likely lead to a said mini-ice age.
Compare sunspot activity with temperature changes:
Sunspot activity:
Global Temperature:
The areas to key in on for both charts are 1860-1920, and then post-2000. It seems that they are linked to eachother. Obviously, if the suns temperature increases any, it can and should effect the temperature of the earth. Hopefully this huge reduction in sunspots is only a fluke, rather than a major reduction in sunspots, which would severely cool the Earth down, leading to famine, and all kinds of other things.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
