Climatic, weather, and socio-economic conditions corresponding to the mid-17th-century eruption cluster

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Stoffel, Markus, Corona, Christophe, Ludlow, Francis, Sigl, Michael, Huhtamaa, Heli, Garnier, Emmanuel, Helama, Samuli, Guillet, Sébastien, Crampsie, Arlene, Kleemann, Katrin, Camenisch, Chantal, McConnell, Joseph, Gao, Chaochao
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/333.7-333.9; Greenland; Mount Parker; Antarc*; Antarctica; Greenland ice core; Hekla; ice core; Iceland
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166989

The mid-17th century is characterized by a cluster of explosive volcanic eruptions in the 1630s and 1640s, climatic conditions culminating in the Maunder Minimum, and political instability and famine in regions of western and northern Europe as well as China and Japan. This contribution investigates...