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| Advances of Climate Research in the Little Ice Age |
| LI Ming-qi1, JIN He-ling1,2, ZHANG Hong1 |
1. Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
2. School of Resources and Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China |
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Abstract The Little Ice Age is a major climatic event during latest 2 000 years, and the prelude to global warming. It has become a hot topic of palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental studies, so till now there have been many research achievements about it. Reviewing the achievements, this paper synthetically introduces the Little Ice Age that occurred during 1450-1890 AD. Wherein, there were three cold periods: 1450-1510 AD, 1560-1690 AD and 1790-1890 AD, among which the second one is the coldest, and two warm periods: 1510-1560 AD and 1690 1790 AD. The solar activity and volcanic eruptions are the main factors of climatic changes during the Little Ice Age. The paper has given an overview on domestic and abroad research status of the climatic changes during The Little Ice Age, mainly depending on the different proxies such as ice cores, tree-ring, lake sediment, documentary and desert semimetal strata.
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Received: 31 October 2004
Published: 20 October 2005
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