Little Ice Age in Equilibrium | World Anvil

Little Ice Age

The "extreme event attribution" has a significant effect on nature. The Albedo factor (the capacity to reflect sunlight) changes the temperature regionally. Fresh water in the north pole region has a significant impact on the global currents (AMOC) from the Pacific Ocean.
This results in a similar period as described in the 14th Century Climate Instability. The difference with the 14th century is a much higher rate of pollution, and several events happen, amplifying each other.

Amplification Events

The events that amplify the 'little' ice age are:
  • Deforestation:
    Increased Greenhouse Gases
    In addition to the loss of habitat, the lack of trees also allows a greater amount of greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere. Healthy forests absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, acting as valuable carbon sinks. Deforested areas lose that ability and release more carbon. Water in the Atmosphere
    The trees also help control the level of water in the atmosphere by helping to regulate the water cycle. In deforested areas, there is less water in the air to be returned to the soil. This then causes dryer soil and the inability to grow crops.
  • Melting polar ice:
    more fresh water in the ocean, changes density of salt water and influencing the thermohaline circulation and that changes the AMOC
  • Solar activity:
    increased solar radiation burst, in combination with a diminished magnetic field (due to magnetic decline by the polar shift )
   

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