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- DictionaryLit·tle Ice Age/lidl īs āj/
noun
- 1. a period of colder climate and increased glaciation occurring between warmer periods, in particular one such period which reached its peak during the 17th century.
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The Little Ice Age ( LIA) was a period of regional cooling, particularly pronounced in the North Atlantic region. [2] It was not a true ice age of global extent. [3] The term was introduced into scientific literature by François E. Matthes in 1939. [4]
Although the Little Ice Age was not a formal ice age, one could certainly argue that it was a significant phenomenon associated with a variety of climatic changes affecting many disparate parts of the world. Earth’s climate changes often through time, so this cool 450-year slice of Earth’s history was not the only one of its kind.
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Apr 10, 2024 · The term Little Ice Age was introduced to the scientific literature by Dutch-born American geologist F.E. Matthes in 1939. Originally the phrase was used to refer to Earth’s most recent 4,000-year period of mountain-glacier expansion and retreat. Today some scientists use it to distinguish only the period 1500–1850, when mountain glaciers ...
The Little Ice Age was a period of wide-spread cooling from around 1300 to around 1850 CE when average global temperatures dropped by as much as 2°C (3.6°F), particularly in Europe and North America. Cooling happened in phases, with an initial drop around 1300 and an even colder climate starting around 1560 and lasting to 1850.
Sep 29, 2011 · The "little ice age", evidence of which was first recorded around 1300, and which extended through to the mid 1800s, was the coldest interval over the Northern Hemisphere for one thousand or so years.
Mar 25, 2019 · The Little Ice Age is an example of how we so often find complete consensus around every aspect of climate change. Just kidding. We know for sure that the earth became cooler: the evidence can be ...
Feb 29, 2024 · Little Ice Age: [noun] an episode of glacial expansion whose maximum extension occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries.
