will very likely be low in solar activity causing noticeably cooler global temperatures for a few decades . http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/02/solar-cycle-24-update http://www.climatechangedenier.com.au/climate-change/another-dalton-minimum/ The effect of the current Solar Minimum is particularly obvious in the northern hemisphere where increasingly colder winter temperatures have caused massive snow falls disrupting transportation across Europe, Asia and the US.