Medieval monks recorded hundreds of lunar eclipses. Centuries later, their descriptions are helping scientists unravel the role of volcanoes in historical climate change.
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The little ice age unleashed famines and revolutions which tested the very bonds of society.
During the European Middle Ages, parts of the world experienced warming similar to that between 1960 to 1990. But the rising temperatures we’re observing now are global and exceed the past record.
But it’s been millions of years since carbon in the atmosphere last warmed the planet to this extent.
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