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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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03 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 03 Feb 2023
| 03 Feb 2023
Climatic and societal impacts in Scandinavia following the 536 and 540 CE volcanic double event
Evelien van Dijk
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Ingar Mørkestøl Gundersen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Anna de Bode
Department of Geography, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Helge Høeg
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Kjetil Loftsgarden
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Frode Iversen
Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
deceased, 4 October 2022
Claudia Timmreck
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Johann Jungclaus
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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To estimate the effects of human land use activities on the carbon–climate system, a new set of global gridded land use forcing datasets was developed to link historical land use data to eight future scenarios in a standard format required by climate models. This new generation of land use harmonization (LUH2) includes updated inputs, higher spatial resolution, more detailed land use transitions, and the addition of important agricultural management layers; it will be used for CMIP6 simulations.
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Short summary
The mid-6th century was one of the coldest periods of the last 2000 years as characterized by great societal changes. Here, we study the effect of the volcanic double event in 536 CE and 540 CE on climate and society in southern Norway. The combined climate and growing degree day models and high-resolution pollen and archaeological records reveal that the northern and western sites are vulnerable to crop failure with possible abandonment of farms, whereas the southeastern site is more resilient.
The mid-6th century was one of the coldest periods of the last 2000 years as characterized by...
