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Originally Posted by biker1
I remember reading about this when I was an undergraduate in the early 70's. The Maunder Minimum coincided with part of the little ice age (1500-mid 1800s). Whether the low in the sunspot activity was the cause is not known with any certainty, if I recall correctly. Current theories of man's impact on climate trends also have uncertainties as those theories are based on modeling results. Climate is complicated.
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I can hardly remember anything as an undergraduate in the early 70's (the late 60's probably didn't help any). But you've piqued my interest and will have to check it out. Thanks.