Little Ice Age
noun
: an episode of glacial expansion whose maximum extension occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries
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According to a study in Geology, a collection of rocks on Iceland’s coast reveals the severity of the Late Antique Little Ice Age — a period of climate change that may have contributed to the Roman Empire’s collapse.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
In the mid-eighteenth century, during a period of cooling known as the Little Ice Age, Benjamin Franklin began designing a heating device that would be more efficient than the traditional fireplace.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The Planet The Little Ice Age, which lasted from the early 1300s to the mid 1800s wasn’t caused by a single event, but by the compounding effects of a series of environmental shifts, volcanic eruptions and the unintended consequences of human absence.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In America and Europe alike, the Little Ice Age had made winters wintrier.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Dickens grew up in the 1810s and 1820s in England, when the Little Ice Age still had a grip on Europe.
—Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Understanding historical climate variability is crucial for interpreting present and future climate trends, especially during significant climatic periods such as the Little Ice Age, which had profound socio-economic effects.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Other parts of Europe were still cooling significantly when the Little Ice Age’s effects began to intensify and temperatures dropped.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
But to no avail: pressured by hunters and, most likely, by the harsh climate of the Little Ice Age, the bald ibis didn’t stand a chance.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
In the mid-eighteenth century, during a period of cooling known as the Little Ice Age, Benjamin Franklin began designing a heating device that would be more efficient than the traditional fireplace.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The Planet The Little Ice Age, which lasted from the early 1300s to the mid 1800s wasn’t caused by a single event, but by the compounding effects of a series of environmental shifts, volcanic eruptions and the unintended consequences of human absence.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
In America and Europe alike, the Little Ice Age had made winters wintrier.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Dickens grew up in the 1810s and 1820s in England, when the Little Ice Age still had a grip on Europe.
—Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Understanding historical climate variability is crucial for interpreting present and future climate trends, especially during significant climatic periods such as the Little Ice Age, which had profound socio-economic effects.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Other parts of Europe were still cooling significantly when the Little Ice Age’s effects began to intensify and temperatures dropped.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
But to no avail: pressured by hunters and, most likely, by the harsh climate of the Little Ice Age, the bald ibis didn’t stand a chance.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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