A Sign of Things to Come? After Last Ice Age, Europe Cooled as the Planet Warmed

More than 8,000 years ago, as the planet thawed following the end of the last ice age, Northern Europe abruptly cooled. New research reveals that Arctic ice melt weakened a critical ocean current, leaving Europe in the cold, a finding with important implications for future climate change.

For a roughly 200-year stretch, scientists believe, temperatures in Europe and the North Atlantic fell by as much as 9 degrees F (5 degrees C), spurring more rainfall in Europe and drought in parts of Africa.

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/ice-age-europe-cooling-ice-melt-atlantic-current-climate-change