Curious about the Solar Sunspot Cycle? Spaceweather.com has the lowdown:
Source: Spaceweather.com
SUNSPOT CYCLE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN 5 YEARS: The sun has looked remarkably blank lately, with few dark cores interrupting the featureless solar disk. This is a sign that Solar Minimum is coming. Indeed, sunspot counts have just reached their lowest level since 2011. With respect to the sunspot cycle, you are here:
They go on to explain that we get a different set of risks when the Sun is this quiet.
