Notice the near total absence of sun spots.
Then we have this:
Sunspot Cycle Predictions Solar physicists believe the speed of a massive circulating current of hot plasma within the Sun predicts the amplitudes of sunspot cycles approximately twenty years into the future. In recent years that speed has become lower than ever before observed. Based on the plasma-speed/future-cycle-amplitude theory, a team led by physicist Mausumi Dikpata of the National Center for Atmospheric Research predicts Cycle 24 will be intense. NASA solar physicist David Hathaway agrees, but predicts Cycle 25 will be extraordinarily weak. Dikpati’s team prediction for Cycle 24 is shown above in pink. Hathaway’s Cycle 24 and 25 predictions are shown in red.
Finally, there is this, the real punchline: “Solar Activity Diminishes; Researchers Predict Another Ice Age”
Global Cooling comes back in a big way
Dr. Kenneth Tapping is worried about the sun. Solar activity comes in regular cycles, but the latest one is refusing to start. Sunspots have all but vanished, and activity is suspiciously quiet. The last time this happened was 400 years ago—and it signaled a solar event known as a “Maunder Minimum,” along with the start of what we now call the “Little Ice Age.”
It may be a bit premature to be purchasing an extra pair of wool pants, or perhaps a fur coat, but still this is rather disconcerting news.
Wonder how Al Gore will respond to this one?