15 articles in this issue
M. Oliva
The Little Ice Age (LIA) constitutes the coldest period of the last millennia in Europe. A wide range of natural and historical records show evidence of colder climate conditions between the 14th and 19th centuries, together with a higher frequency of ext... see more
P.D. Hughes
Glaciers were common across the Mediterranean mountains during the Little Ice Age. In parts of Turkey some glaciers were several kilometres longer than they are today, whilst in the Pyrenees glaciers were up to several hundred metres longer. In the wettes... see more
S. Kedzia,A. Kotarba
The Little Ice Age (LIA) in the Tatras was characterized by both long and short rainy periods (mostly long cold rainy summers) alternated with warm periods that sometimes were very dry. Definite, precise identification of the onset and ending of the LIA i... see more
J.M. Fernández-Fernández,N. Andrés
In this paper we propose a methodological sequence for the study of glaciers and climate change, and for the use of glaciers as indicators of climatic evolution. Our proposal includes different techniques focused on: mapping glacier extents at different d... see more
Ch. Camenisch,Ch. Rohr
This paper focusses on historical climate impact research, one of the branches of historical climatology with an emphasis on the Little Ice Age. It provides examples of the theoretical concepts, models, and further structuring considerations that are used... see more
H.J. Zumbühl,S.U. Nussbaumer
The Lower Grindelwald Glacier (Bernese Oberland, Switzerland) consists of two parts, the Ischmeer in the east (disconnected) and the Bernese Fiescher Glacier in the west. During the Little Ice Age (LIA), the glacier terminated either in the area of the “S... see more
J. Mrgic
The paper aims to present narrative sources from the late phase of ‘Little Ice Age’ period for a part of the Southeastern Europe, which is still poorly investigated. In the lack of solid evidence, obtained by geo-sciences (dendrochronology, sediment and p... see more
P. Carrera-Gómez,M. Valcárcel
On the Pico Cuiña cirque, Sierra de Ancares (León, Spain), the seasonal snow cover undergoes both slow and rapid mass displacements. Push associated with moving snow is responsible for an intense geomorphological activity, which is characterised by the pl... see more
C. García-Hernández,J. Ruiz-Fernández,C. Sánchez-Posada,S. Pereira,M. Oliva
Between the late Little Ice Age (LIA) cold stage and the early 20th century warmer scenario, a transitional regime characterized by an unstable climatic pattern generated a series of climate extremes affecting mid-latitude mountainous areas, as the Asturi... see more
E. Serrano,R. Martín-Moreno
Historical moraine complexes and erosional features are interesting elements to discern the historical climate changes and evolution, with a complex chronologies that help us to understand the dynamics and glacier evolution during the Little Ice Age (LIA)... see more
F.S. Rodrigo
Andalusia (southern Spain) is a region of special climatic interest due to its geographical location, hydrological and orographical characteristics. In this work a summary of different approaches to study the Little Ice Age in this region is presented. Fr... see more
A. Gómez-Ortiz,M. Oliva,F. Salvador-Franch,M. Salvà-Catarineu,J. Plana-Castellví
Historical documents have shown their potential to infer the origin and evolution of the glacier existing in the Veleta cirque, in the massif of Sierra Nevada (Spain). This information encompasses written sources spanning from the 17th to the mid-20th cen... see more
M. Oliveira,A. Pérez-Alberti,R.M. Crujeiras,A. Rodríguez-Casal,F. Castillo-Rodríguez
The thermal response of soils in cold environments has been investigated in numerous studies. The data considered here were obtained in a study carried out in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, as part of the IV International Polar Year. Temperature sensors wer... see more
J.L. Peña-Monné,M.M. Sampietro-Vattuone,L.A. Longares-Aladrén,F. Pérez-Lambán,M. Sánchez-Fabre,M. Alcolea-Gracia,L. Vallés,M.T. Echeverria-Arnedo,C. Baraza
Flat-bottomed valleys formed by Holocene fills are the most characteristic landforms in the center of the Ebro basin. This paper analyzes, within a regional framework, a small fluvial basin located in the north of the Alcubierre Range. Three Holocene morp... see more
J.C. González-Hidalgo
During the last three decades two new paradigms have emerged. The first one in the called “Climate Change”, and the second, that could be named scientific-social paradigm, and referred to the previous, is the consensus that climate change has been produce... see more