Research team suggests European Little Ice Age came about due to reforestation in New World

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 08:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team comprised of geological and environmental science researchers from Stanford University has been studying the impact that early European exploration had on the New World and have found evidence that they say suggests the European cold period from 1500 to 1750, commonly known as the Little Ice Age, was due to the rapid decline in native human populations shortly after early explorers arrived.

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