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Old 03-04-2005, 08:32 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by Beestie
Ok, I'm joking. But while we're on the subject, why did the last ice age end?
The so-called Little Ice Age in the seventeenth century ended because the temporary reduction in the solar constant associated with the Maunder minimum (a period where very few sunspots were visible).
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