Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2020)

A quantitative hydroclimatic context for the European Great Famine of 1315–1317

  • Seung H. Baek,
  • Jason E. Smerdon,
  • George-Costin Dobrin,
  • Jacob G. Naimark,
  • Edward R. Cook,
  • Benjamin I. Cook,
  • Richard Seager,
  • Mark A. Cane,
  • Serena R. Scholz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00016-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Exceptionally wet growing seasons, compared to the past 700 years, preceded the European Great Famine of 1315-1317 and are associated with a newly identified hydroclimate pattern, according to analyses of Europe-wide tree ring data.