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 …

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in
historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the …

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 …

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 …

The development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the sciences of
meteorology and climatology and their subdisciplines has made possible an ever-increasing …

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 …

Reconstructing the temporal and spatial climate development on a seasonal basis during
the last few centuries, including the 'Little Ice Age', may help us better understand modern …

Climatic changes resulting from greenhouse gases will be superimposed on natural climatic
variations. High-resolution proxy records of past climate can be used to extend our …

Historical and proxy records document that there is a substantial asynchronous
development in temperature, precipitation and glacier variations between European regions …

Abstract The" Little Ice Age" was the most recent period during which glaciers extended
globally, their fronts oscillating about advanced positions. It is frequently taken as having …