Interestingly, the impact of the Black Death in Europe in the 1300s was known to have been exacerbated by poor harvests caused by years of bad weather. I wonder if the lingering effects of those eruptions in the later 1200s played a part.
As far as I understand, the harvests were not much worse than "usual" bad harvests, but Europe was reaching its peak population, given the technology of the epoch, and a bad harvest had just a worse outcome than before.
I find it interesting how carefully the title of this article is curated. It's a pure (harmless) clickbait. I wonder if it necessarily attracts the right eyeball. Or any eyeball is a good eyeball?
I see! thanks for explaining the mechanism. I should have read more.
So the "darker than usual" aspect won't be from astronomical calculations, but from the historical records. Seems like it: "By putting together the information from ice cores and the descriptions from medieval texts we can now make better estimates of when and where some of the biggest eruptions of this period occurred."
You see it as clickbait, I see it as signaling a deeper understanding of Floyd’s work as it indirectly references the moon (the most famous work) as well as their iconic Live at Pompeii.
