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Sea ice triggered the Little Ice Age

Sea ice triggered the Little Ice Age

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Published: 15.10.2020
Oppdatert: 23.06.2022

Shelly Sommer and Kelsey Simpkins

A new study finds a trigger for the Little Ice Age that cooled Europe from the 1300s through mid-1800s, and supports surprising model results suggesting that under the right conditions sudden climate changes can occur spontaneously, without external forcing.