The large volcanic eruptions of AD 536 and 540 led to climate cooling and contributed to
hardships of Late Antiquity societies throughout Eurasia, and triggered a major …

The association between climate variability and grain harvest yields has been an important
component of food security and economy in European history. Yet, inter-regional …

Lack of documentation on past harvest fluctuations limits the exploration of long-term trends
in crop production and agricultural adaptation strategies. A long-term perspective is needed …

Drought has been hypothesized to be the main agrometeorological threat facing farmers in
Scania (southern Sweden) before the 20th century. However, drought is a little-studied …

As the most active element in the natural environment, climate change has had wide and
profound impacts on human society at multiple temporal and spatial scales, although it might …

Human migration is frequently cited as a potential social outcome of climate change and
variability, and these effects are often assumed to be stronger in the past when economies …

Scania (Skåne in Swedish), southern Sweden, offers a particularly interesting case for
studying the historical relationship between climate variability and grain production, given …

The relation between climate change and historical rhythms has long been discussed;
however, this type of study still faces the lack of high-resolution data of long-term socio …

Grain prices in early modern Europe reflected the effects of weather on crop yields and a
complex array of societal and socio-economic factors. This study presents a newly …

Public granaries served as key infrastructure to improve food security in agrarian societies.
Their history dates to the oldest complex societies, but they experienced a boom period …