The Maunder minimum during the Little Ice Age has been linked to

A) volcanic activity and multiyear changes in global circulation.
B) changes in Earth's axial tilt (obliquity).
C) changes in Earth's orbital shape (eccentricity).
D) a period of low sunspot activity from 1645 to 1715.
E) a cooling of the Gulf Stream from rapid glacial melt in Greenland.


D

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