Sunspots on BBC Radio 4

On Tuesday April 21 the Today show on BBC Radio 4 featured an item on the current lack of sunspots.

The Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century.
In the show, Mike Lockwood, professor of physics at Southampton University, explains why there are no sunspots and very few solar flares.

The item was broadcast at 07:44 and is available on the BBC's Listen Again service and as a podcast.

BBC Radio 4 Today homepage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/

Listen again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/listen_again/default.stm

'Quiet Sun' baffling astronomers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8008473.stm

The Solar Observing website of Chelmsford ARS member Peter 2E0ZBU can be seen at:
http://www.petermeadows.com/