Question

How is the Maunder minimum related to climate?

a. Unusually low sunspot activity correlates to unusually cold climatic events.
b. The Maunder minimum is unrelated to climate.
c. Changes in the Earth’s tilt correlate to changes in climate.
d. Changes in the Earth’s orbit correlate to changes in climate.

Answer 1

Maunder minimum is related to climate due to the unusually low sunspot activity correlates to unusually cold climatic events. The answer is letter A. It happened around 1645 and 1715 and also coincided with the phenomena ‘Little Ice Age’ (1500 – 1850) in the Northern Hemisphere.