The Lasting Effects of the Little Ice Age

The small glacial period was before and after being exposed to some cold winter in Europe and North America. From around 1300 to around 1870, this stage lasted for quite a while. It is not considered a complete "ice age", but it is said to have a lot of impact on history, including an important role to define today's lifestyle. The era of the Little Glacier has spanned more than 500 years, but some of them seem to have a great impact on history.

Of course, from the early 14th century until the middle of the 19th century, the seriousness of the small scale ice ages was not as deep as the ancient ice age. After all, human civilization flourished during the small ice age, several civilizations explored the new land, colonized and sent a ship to regenerate. Nonetheless, according to scientific reports of images depicted in paintings, ship's log data, time and other historical studies, many regions of Europe experienced a colder environment than usual during this period did. Since those days were not maintaining accurate weather records, scientists who now want to understand the climate of the small ice age are indirect climate sources (coral growth, lake sediments, core of ice) coring And tree ring) - to better understand the regional and global climate of the time

Just hundreds of years ago the planets experienced the ice ages. Some of the small scale ice ages coincided with the low solar activity period called Maunder Minimum (named after astronomer Edward Maunder). A combination of low solar output and high volcanic activity is believed to be a major contributor (Free 1999, Crowley 2001). Changes in ocean circulation also affect the temperature in Europe (Mann 2002). Can we enter another Maunder Minimum? Solar energy activity currently shows a long-term cooling trend. The photovoltaic power generation in 2009 was the lowest level for more than a century. However, predicting future solar activity is a problem. Transition from "Great Great" period (situation of the 20th century) to "Great Minor" (Maunder minimum condition) is a chaotic process difficult to predict (Usoskin 2007)

So, what led to a small ice age? This includes long-term low sunspot activity of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the effects of explosive volcanic eruptions (which reduces the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth), and dramatic changes (irregular fluctuations at atmospheric pressure) It can be a series of combination of factors including beyond the North Atlantic Ocean). The small Ice Age is not an official ice age, but of course it is an important phenomenon related to various climate changes that affect many different regions of the world. As the climate of the earth often changes over time, the cold season of 450 years in the history of the earth is not unique. There is also a warm interval. One example is the recent warming that started at the end of the Ice Age and continues to this day (due to the mixture of natural factors and human activities).