Climate Change - Variation in Sun Spot Activity

• huge magnetic storms that show up as dark (cool) areas on the suns surface
• when there are more sunspots, the sun is emitting more energy, hence, the amount of energy incident on the earth increases
• so, one could imagine warmer climate during a sun spot maximum and cooler climate during a minimum.
• google sunspots to find out what they look like
• sun spot period is about 11 years