One of the Phenomena That Accompanied the Maunder Minimum in Sunspot

question 83

Multiple Choice

One of the phenomena that accompanied the Maunder minimum in sunspot numbers during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries was

• A) a severe drought in western North America.
• B) an unusual heat wave in Europe.
• C) the Black Plague.
• D) the onset of El Niño.

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