----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hall"
Newsgroups: uk.sci.weather
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 10:09 PM
Subject: Sun Spot Activity


I suppose it's possible. The peak of the Little Ice Age is supposed to
have pretty much coincided with a long period of very low sunspot levels
lasting from 1645 to 1715 known as the Maunder Minimum.


There is certainly speculation that the Sun may be entering another Dalton
minimum - 1790 to 1830 - also a period of lower global temperatires -
certainly looks as if the normal sunspot cycle has been disrupted.

John