The scientist who first noticed what we know call the "Maunder Minimum" (a period of greatly reduced sunspot activity--by amazing coincidence, largely corresponding to the depths of "the Little Ice Age"), has recently died. There is a proposal to name the next unusual decline in solar activity (which we have already entered several years ago) after Jack Eddy.
Great graph showing solar activity changes over recent centuries, based on sunspot counts:
Click through the graph to sign the petition!
What I want to know is: how did the Industrial Revolution's increase in greenhouse gases cause the sun to become more active?
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