'Little Ice Age' summer temperature variations: Their nature and relevance to recent global warming trends

Bradley, Raymond S. and Jones, Philip D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5032-5493 (1993) 'Little Ice Age' summer temperature variations: Their nature and relevance to recent global warming trends. The Holocene, 3 (4). pp. 367-376. ISSN 0959-6836

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Abstract

Climatic changes resulting from greenhouse gases will be superimposed on natural climatic variations. High-resolution proxy records of past climate can be used to extend our perspective on regional and hemispheric changes of climate back in time by several hundred years. Using historical, tree-ring and ice core data, we examine climatic variations during the period commonly called the 'Little Ice Age'. The coldest conditions of the last 560 years were between AD 1570 and 1730, and in the nineteenth century. Unusually warm conditions have prevailed since the 1920s, probably related to a relative absence of major explosive volcanic eruptions and higher levels of greenhouse gases.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2011 13:30
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33813
DOI:	10.1177/095968369300300409

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