Short term climate change events

Question 1

Loch Lomond Stadial

Answer 1

-Ice cap developed over Scotland during Devinsian period

-Shows how fluctuations of temp affect ice cover

Question 2

Little Ice Age

Answer 2

-Period of cooling during holocene

-Causes thought to be volcanic eruptions and lack of hotspots

Question 3

Medieval Warm Period

Answer 3

-Period of warming

-Causes thought to be high solar radiation, low volcanic activity, changes to thermohaline circulation