...talk for the last almost 2 yrs is the Grand Solar Minimum that has started .
The biggest decline in solar cycle 24 occured from 2014-2017
Nope. Neither statement is even close to accurate.
Solar Cycle 24 started in 2008. There was minimal solar activity (sunspots) in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2011 solar activity started picking up. To directly address the statement that "the biggest decline occurred from 2014-2017" - here are the sunspot numbers for those years.
2014, ONE DAY without sunspots.
2015, ZERO days without sunspots.
2016, 32 days without sunspots.
2017, 104 days without sunspots.
The lowest number of sunspots in the 21st century to date, has been 2008 (200 days with no sunspots) and 2009 (260 days with no sunspots). I don't remember the famines of 2008 and 2009. How about you?
So far, in 2018, we've had 21 days without sunspots.
The sun goes through 11 year cycles where sunspots are reduced and then come back.
The Maunder Minimum was from 1645 to 1715 and resulted in a mini ice age.
The next prolonged period of low sunspot activity like the Maunder Minimum is predicted to start in 2030. I guess we'll have to wait and see if that prediction is any better than the latest weather report for accuracy...
I think you're attempting a make a problem out of normal solar cycles...
BTW - if you want actual accurate data on solar weather, I'd suggest going to
SpaceWeather.com If you go to the SpaceWeather homepage, you will see the solar data on the left hand side of the screen. This includes a live picture of the sun, current solar wind, X-ray solar flare, and a listing of the number of sunspots and a total for the year. Compiled sunspot data for past years is available underneath the daily sunspot number and yearly total of days without sunspots.
So far, in 2018, we've had three consecutive days without sunspots and today, 2-20-2018, there are zero (0) sunspots.