Between roughly 1550 and 1880, Britain was in the grip of what has become popularly known as the Little Ice Age — a period ... harsh and forbidding. The Thames froze solid with regularity until 1814; ...

These documents, part of what researchers refer to as “society’s archive,” provide crucial insights into the brutal impact of ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

This ties in neatly with evidence for a colder period sometimes called the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The cause of this event is unclear – some think it was triggered by volcanoes, others by ...