The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...

Not everything about the Little Ice Age is as it seems! In this episode, we unravel myths, misconceptions, and lies surrounding this period of history. Join us as we dig into what really happened and ...

Explore the Little Ice Age, a period of dramatic climate change that reshaped societies, economies, and cultures across the globe.

For centuries, people have kept diaries documenting the ups and downs of local weather. Now, scientists have combed through a ...

Learn more about the Magdalenian peoples, who left traces of dissection and cannibalism on bones in a cave in Poland.

The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia The Little Ice Age was brutal. How did people survive?

Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond 'nature's archive,', other sources, such as diaries, travel ...

Land clearing and logging slash fed serial conflagrations, which blew up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — the waning decades of the Little Ice Age. This havoc inspired the federal ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Rockfall frequency in the Mont-Blanc massif has doubled since the Little Ice Age, with erosion rates increasing from 2.2mm/yr to over 4.1mm/yr between 2006 and ...