Little Ice Age

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Little Ice Age [′lid·əl ′īs ‚āj]

(geology)

A period of expansion of mountain glaciers, marked by climatic deterioration, that began about 5500 years ago and extended to as late as A.D. 1550-1850 in some regions, as the Alps, Norway, Iceland, and Alaska.

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No references found			Glaciers in both the tropics and North Atlantic region reached their most recent maximum extents during the so-called Little Ice Age, about 1650 AD to 1850 AD, according to the scientists conducting the research. Climate swings in northern hemisphere linked with changes in tropics by Asian News International Another Little Ice Age story, presented in one of the book's insets, relates climate change to the special sound of Stradivarius violins. Funky facts! by Goodall, Iian / Canadian Children's Book News 800 to 1300 and was followed by the Little Ice Age. Maybe now isn't normal by Lapre, Ken; Raloff, Janet / Science News			little brother Little Buffalo State Park Little Bustard Little Buttercup Little Caesar Little Carpathians little cherry disease Little Claus Little Crow Little Current Little Diomede Little Dipper Little Dixie Highway of the Great River Road Little Dorrit Little Em'ly Little Emily little endian Little Engine That Could Little Entente Little Father Time Little Flower of Jesus Little Fox little giant Little Horse little house Little Ice Age Little John little leaf Little League Little League World Series little LEO system little magazine Little Manatee River State Park little mermaid Little Miami Little Miami Scenic State Park Little Minch Little Miss Muffet Little Missouri Little Missouri River Little Missouri State Park Little Moreau Recreation Area Little Nell Little Nemo Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge Little Orphan Annie Little Owl little peach disease Little Pee Dee State Park Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge Little Pine State Park			Little green men Little green onions Little green onions Little Green People Little green rattlesnake Little Groups Of Paratroopers Little Groups Of Rangers Little Haiti Housing Association little hand Little Hands to Heaven Little Hands, Big Hearts Little Harbor Yacht Brokers Little Heiskell Ski Club Little Herd Little Hogweed Little Horn Little Horse Little Hours Little Hours of the Blessed Virgin Little House Little House in the Big Woods Little House Needleworks Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie Little Houses Improvement Scheme Little Hungarian Plain Little Hungarian Plain Little Ice Age little ice ages little ice ages Little Illini Soccer Club Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association Little Investment Bankers of Rutgers Little Italy Community Organization Little Italy Neighborhood Association Little Italy Redevelopment Corporation Little Jac Funky Little Jack Horner Little Jimmy Dickens Little Joe Little John Little John Little John Little john' Little john' Little Johnny England Little Kanawha Bus Company Little Kanawha River Little Karoo Little Karoo Little Karroo Little Kickers Little Kids Rock Little Kingshill Cricket Club Little Kiska little knowledge is a dangerous thing Little Known Fact

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