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Cooling-off period

In the context of what is known about current climate change, what caused the Little...

In the context of what is known about current climate change, what caused the Little Ice Age, generally thought to have been at its coldest in Britain in the mid-17th century?

Christopher Smith, Whitstable, Kent, UK

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