| 单词 | little ice age |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle ice age little ice age n. Climatology a relatively short or moderate period of colder climate and increased glaciation occurring between warmer periods; spec. (usually the Little Ice Age) a period of this kind lasting from the 16th cent. (or earlier) to the 19th, and reaching its peak during the 17th; cf. neoglaciation n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation ice time1841 boulder-period1845 glacial epoch1846 ice age1855 stage1895 little ice age1939 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation > specific glaciation Iowan1894 Scanian1895 Illinoian1896 sub-Aftonian1896 Mindel1909 Günz1910 Würm1910 Polonian1914 Nebraskan1930 Elster1934 little ice age1939 Donau1957 Wisconsin1967 Devensian1968 Wisconsinan1968 Anglian1976 Menapian1983 1939 F. E. Matthes in Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union 20 520 All of the glaciers of the latter class, however,..now have far greater extent and volume than they had during the middle third of the Post-Pleistocene interval, and accordingly it may well be said that we are living in an epoch of renewed but moderate glaciation—a ‘little ice age’, that already has lasted about 4000 years. 1958 A. Marshack World in Space iv. 67 Approximately 2500 years ago, the ice began to advance, in what glaciologists call the ‘little ice age’. 1978 Daily Tel. 8 May 11/6 Very cold periods, or ‘little ice ages’, seem to happen when the Sun is relatively quiet. 1991 L. Niven et al. Fallen Angels 392 The last such prolonged period [of minimum solar activity] was known as the ‘Maunder Minimum’ and coincided with what has come to be known as ‘The Little Ice Age’. 2007 H. Svensmark & N. Calder Chilling Stars i. 17 Historians of climate have often disagreed about when the Little Ice Age started and finished..but its severity is well documented. < as lemmas |
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