Little Ice Age
noun
: an episode of glacial expansion whose maximum extension occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries
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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.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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, 20 Dec. 2024
Lasting from about 1300 to around 1850, the Little Ice Age was a global period of widespread cooler temperatures, potentially caused by solar changes and volcanic activity.
—Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Discussing the impact of the Little Ice Age in Australia, Parker likens the adaptive behavior of seventeenth-century aboriginal people to the resilience of their continent’s plants and animals.
—Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
The study authors believe the proliferation of power plants in Florida in the early 20th century, coupled with the ending of the Little Ice Age, allowed manatees to expand their range northward.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
In the thirteenth century, though, a global cooling trend began, which has been called the Little Ice Age.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
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, 20 Nov. 2024
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, 7 Sep. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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, 20 Dec. 2024
Lasting from about 1300 to around 1850, the Little Ice Age was a global period of widespread cooler temperatures, potentially caused by solar changes and volcanic activity.
—Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Discussing the impact of the Little Ice Age in Australia, Parker likens the adaptive behavior of seventeenth-century aboriginal people to the resilience of their continent’s plants and animals.
—Deborah R. Coen, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
The study authors believe the proliferation of power plants in Florida in the early 20th century, coupled with the ending of the Little Ice Age, allowed manatees to expand their range northward.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
In the thirteenth century, though, a global cooling trend began, which has been called the Little Ice Age.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 21 Nov. 2024
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, 20 Nov. 2024
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, 7 Sep. 2024
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