The “Little Ice Age” of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was triggered by the genocide of indigenous people in the Americas by European settlers, new research shows.

While the remains span almost 6,000 years—4000 BCE to 1800 CE—most originated from the Bronze Age and Iron Age, confirming “previously reported predominance of Bronze and Iron Age dates ...

But most came from the Bronze Age (2300 to 800 B.C.) and the Iron Age (800 B.C. to A.D. 43) and were found in upstream zones of the river. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now ...

The Little Ice Age was a centuries-long climatic event that led to cooler temperatures from the 14th to the mid-19th century, with studies suggesting that average temperatures in Europe dropped by ...