Little Ice Age
period of cooling that occurred after the Medieval Warm Period, usually defined as between the 16th to the 19th centuries / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling after the so-called Medieval Warm Period.
Climatologists (people who study climate) and historians find it difficult to agree on either the start or end dates of this period. Some say the Little Ice Age started about the 16th century and continued to the mid 19th century. It is generally agreed that there were three minima, one beginning about 1650, one about 1770, the last one about 1850. Each time was separated by slight warming intervals.[1] At first, it was believed that the LIA was all over the world. Now it is not clear if this is true.