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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1083-2022
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Research article
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20 May 2022
Research article |
| 20 May 2022
| 20 May 2022
Climatic, weather, and socio-economic conditions corresponding to the mid-17th-century eruption cluster
Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA), Institute for
Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva,
Switzerland
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences,
University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Christophe Corona
Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA), Institute for
Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Geolab, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, 63000,
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Francis Ludlow
Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Michael Sigl
Climate and Environmental Physics and Oeschger Centre for Climate
Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Heli Huhtamaa
Institute of History and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Emmanuel Garnier
UMR 6249 CNRS Chrono-Environnement, University of Bourgogne
Franche-Comté, 25000, Besançon, France
Samuli Helama
Natural Resources Institute Finland, Ounasjoentie 6, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland
Sébastien Guillet
Change Impacts and Risks in the Anthropocene (C-CIA), Institute for
Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
Arlene Crampsie
School of Geography, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Katrin Kleemann
Department of History, University of Freiburg, 79085 Freiburg im
Breisgau, Germany
German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History,
27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Chantal Camenisch
Institute of History and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Joseph McConnell
Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 89512,
Reno, USA
Chaochao Gao
School of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Short summary
The mid-17th century saw several volcanic eruptions, deteriorating climate, political instability, and famine in Europe, China, and Japan. We analyze impacts of the eruptions on climate but also study their socio-political context. We show that an unambiguous distinction of volcanic cooling or wetting from natural climate variability is not straightforward. It also shows that political instability, poor harvest, and famine cannot only be attributed to volcanic climatic impacts.
The mid-17th century saw several volcanic eruptions, deteriorating climate, political...
