The sun was well observed during the period of the Maunder Minimum and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity corresponded to a climatic period called the ‘Little ...

One of the most interesting eras in sunspot history was the grand solar minimum called the Maunder minimum, a period from ...

When European diseases wiped out up to 90% of the Americas' population, abandoned farmland was swallowed by forests—pulling enough carbon from the air to help plunge the planet into a centuries-long ...

The debate over Earth’s climate has often focused on global warming and the human activities that contribute to it. But some scientists have sparked discussions ... Read more The post Could the Earth ...