The Maunder Minimum During the Little Ice Age Has Been

question 12

Multiple Choice

The Maunder minimum during the Little Ice Age has been linked to

• A)a period of low sunspot activity from 1645 to 1715.
• B)changes in Earth's axial tilt (obliquity).
• C)a cooling of the Gulf Stream from rapid glacial melt in Greenland.
• D)volcanic activity and multiyear changes in global circulation.
• E)changes in Earth's orbital shape (eccentricity).

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