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.

During the Little Ice Age, the Northern Hemisphere experienced long stretches of temperatures so cold that crops failed and rivers froze—like the Scheldt River, depicted here outside of Antwerp ...

A mysterious, centuries-long cool spell, dubbed the Little Ice Age, appears to have been caused by a series of volcanic eruptions and sustained by sea ice, a new study indicates.

During the Little Ice Age, the River Thames froze and gave Londoners a place to hold spectacular carnivals. But climate change has made frost fairs a thing of the past.

Frosts and freezes Frost fairs on the River Thames have become a familiar cultural reference point for England's Little Ice Age.

River Thames in London froze at least 23 times between 1309 and 1814, with first recorded frost fair in 1608 Period from mid-14th to 19th century in Europe is referred to as the 'Little Ice Age ...

The River Thames One of the most iconic examples of the Little Ice Age’s impact could be found in London during the winter months.

Imagine a winter so severe and prolonged that the River Thames in central London completely froze over with ice so thick there was a "carnival on the water". It surely must have been the highlight ...

Dreams of a white Christmas were planted by Charles Dickens, Victorian mass media and the Little Ice Age, historians say.

Adding to that winter chill was Maunder Minimum, which Encyclopaedia Britannica says coincided with the coldest part of the ‘Little Ice Age’ (1500–1850) when the Thames river froze in ...

Dreams of a white Christmas were planted by Charles Dickens, Victorian mass media and the Little Ice Age, historians say.

Policemen on ice skates on the frozen River Thames in around 1900, when Europe was coming out of a ‘Little Ice Age’ (Picture: Getty) ...