单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the satellite data scientists have collected over the past few decades

• (A) provides more accurate records of changes in the earth's surface climate than previously existed
• (B) have begun to conclusively establish a decline in the number of sunspots over the past two solar cycles
• (C) are plagued with too many problems to conclusively establish them as more accurate than older historical records
• (D) are a conclusive indicator of the effect of solar maxima on the earth's pre- industrial climate
• (E) have been employed by scientists seeking to argue that the number of sunspots during solar minima are on the increase