Disappearing sunspots may signal end to global warming

Disappearing sunspots may signal end to global warming: "The blank sun has not gone unnoticed by the experts. 'We're experiencing a very deep solar minimum,' says solar physicist Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

'This is the quietest sun we've seen in almost a century,' agrees sunspot expert David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

So why are sunspots under the spotlight? Because, according to solar scientists, their declining numbers, significant even by solar-minimum standards, could be the harbinger of colder temperatures ahead."