How to Use Little Ice Age in a Sentence

Little Ice Age

noun

• Much of the rise came because of the Little Ice Age which occurred during the period.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 2023-04-19
• 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, 2025-02-10
• In the thirteenth century, though, a global cooling trend began, which has been called the Little Ice Age.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2024-11-21
• That would transform a beer fit for the Little Ice Age into one suited for the tastes—and energy requirements—of the modern era.
  — Byann Gibbons, science.org, 2023-04-26
• The blast that caused this darkness and cold was one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the 19th century, a brutal event toward the end of the Little Ice Age.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2025-01-08
• The mild conditions gave way to a frigid period known as the Little Ice Age, however, which held sway until the 19th century.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2024-09-07
• Researchers are exploring how this global swap might have influenced the Little Ice Age that ended in the 19th century.
  — Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 2024-04-16
• The team suggests that as the effects of the Little Ice Age faded, manatees began to extend their range northward towards Florida.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2024-11-20
• Land clearing and logging slash fed serial conflagrations, which blew up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – the waning decades of the Little Ice Age.
  — Stephen Pyne, The Conversation, 2025-01-22
• Willis noted that these two major flood events from ancient times occurred during a period of global cooling known as the Little Ice Age, which spanned roughly the the 14th to 19th centuries.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 2024-06-02
• Europe, with a population already under stress from war, famine, roaming bands of brigands, deforestation, and the beginning of the Little Ice Age, was devastated.
  — Kevin Baker, Harper's Magazine, 2020-06-23
• Going even further back, scholars say that the fascination can be traced to a swirling blizzard of nostalgia, music, popular literature, the rise of Victorian mass culture ‒ and even the Little Ice Age.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 2024-12-20
• The Little Ice Age has been variously linked to volcanic eruptions and solar activity—natural fluctuations unrelated to global warming today.
  — Robert Kunzig, National Geographic, 2020-10-13
• 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, 2025-02-13