Volcanic origin for Little Ice Age

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The Little Ice Age was caused by the cooling effect of massive volcanic eruptions, and sustained by changes in Arctic ice cover, scientists conclude.

An international research team studied ancient plants from Iceland and Canada, and sediments carried by glaciers.

They say a series of eruptions just before 1300 lowered Arctic temperatures enough for ice sheets to expand.

Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, they say this would have kept the Earth cool for centuries.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16797075

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1. Neat info

The little ice age had far reaching impact on human beings health, politics, mobility, social structure, the food they ate then, and the beer we drink now . . . I love learning anything I can of the science behind it.