“Apparently, sunspots heat the stratosphere, which in turn amplifies the warming of the climate.” This quote caught my eye and it made me think about how it makes the earth warmer. This essay is important because it’s telling the reader about Global Warming and the sun. I think the quote “I don’t know about you, but it tells me that maybe we should study a bit more before we spend billions to “solve” a problem we don’t understand so well,” is the thesis. “Scientist have known for centuries that sunspots affected the climate; they just never understood how,” is a quote that supports the thesis.