Now, the rest of the media is catching on: Very low sunspot numbers . Some believe this will lead to global cooling. See here and here , for just two articles on that topic. Here is the irony: Most all of those that have studied the issue believe that significant cooling would be worse for humanity than slow warming. It is not out of the question that we may want  the greenhouse gases that have been accumulating in the atmosphere if the sun induces a cooling trend.