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When it comes to teasing out the factors affecting Earth’s climate, the Sun is a compelling character. A rare breed of enthusiasts got pretty vocal about the Sun in the past year, when the great orb stayed quiet about a year longer than expected between the end of Solar Cycle 23 and the beginning of Solar Cycle 24, which has now begun — maybe. More about that in a minute. The “enthusiasts” I mean are the ones who suspect that natural factors (e.g.,