On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 at 23:11:50, John Horobin
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

From: "John Hall"

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.

Can't wait to see the GW advocates squirm...
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)