War of the Whales: Climate Change, Weather and Arctic Conflict in the Early Seventeenth Century
Beginning in 1580, average annual temperatures across the Arctic cooled amid the regional onset of the 'Grindelwald Fluctuation', a particularly cold but volatile period in the Little Ice Age. By contributing to socioeconomic trends that raised the cost of vegetable oils, climatic cooling...
Published in: | Environment and History |
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Language: | English |
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White Horse Press
2020
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/096734019x15463432086801 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/eh/2020/00000026/00000004/art00007 |