The causes and timing of the Little Ice Age (fifteenth to nineteenth centuries) are still unclear
(Crowley, 2000; Bond et al., 2001; Shindell et al., 2001). During the last part of this event …

The term 'Little Ice Age'(LIA) is classically used to define a period of repeated and extensive
glacier advances during the last millennium. In the meanwhile, this term is also used to …

During the first half of the nineteenth century, several large tropical volcanic eruptions
occurred within less than three decades. The global climate effects of the 1815 Tambora …

Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA), which lasted from about 1250 to 1860 AD, was likely the
coldest period of the last 8000 years. Using new documentary data and analyses of alpine …

This review focuses on the development of the 'Little Ice Age'as a glaciological and climatic
concept, and evaluates its current usefulness in the light of new data on the glacier and …

Based on studies of ice-rafted debris in northern Atlantic sediments, a strong case (1) has
been made that a cycle averaging about 1,500 years in duration punctuated the climate in …

The natural variability of Holocene climate defines the baseline to assess ongoing climate
change. Greenland ice-core records indicate warming superimposed by abrupt climate …

The Little Ice Age (LIA; ca. 1250 1850) has long been considered the coldest interval of the
Holocene. Because of its proximity to the present, there are many types of valuable …

The term Little Ice Age was originally coined by F Matthes in 1939 to describe the most
recent 4000 year climatic interval (the Late Holocene) associated with a particularly dramatic …

Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA) is known as one of the coldest stages of the Holocene. Most
records from the Northern Hemisphere show evidence of significantly colder conditions …