The Little Ice Age Likely Resulted from

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Little Ice Age likely resulted from

• A)changes in Earth's orbital shape (eccentricity).
• B)changes in Earth's axial tilt (obliquity).
• C)a cooling of the Gulf Stream from rapid glacial melt in Greenland.
• D)solar activity,volcanic activity and/or multiyear changes in global circulation.
• E)the Pleistocene megafauna extinction.

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