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Even natural climate changes can be problematic, such as drier climates precipitating the fall of the Roman empire or the late bronze age collapse.

onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
Or The Samalas eruption - which is believed to have caused the Little Ice Age - and killed 90% of Europeans & North Americans at the time (55M people). I imagine many millions of large mammals and birds and insects also died.
- hinkley 3y ago
  See also the Year Without Summer, 1816. Apparently Frankenstein and Dracula were both born that 'summer' at one of Byron's gatherings. Something to pass the time indoors.
- ffgjgf1 3y ago
  > and killed 90% of Europeans & North Americans at the time (55M people). That’s very far fetched. > which is believed By whom? The little ice age peaked in the 1600s.
  - onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1257_Samalas_eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1257_Samalas_eruption > The eruption may have helped trigger the Little Ice Age, a centuries-long cold period during the last thousand years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age > In a 2012 paper, Miller et al. link the Little Ice Age to an "unusual 50-year-long episode with four large sulfur-rich explosive eruptions, each with global sulfate loading >60 Tg" and notes that "large changes in solar irradiance are not required."[8] https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-million-indigenous-people-colonization-study/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-m... > The elimination of nearly 55 million, or 90 per cent, of Indigenous people in the Americas during European colonization led to global climate change and the “Little Ice Age” of the 17th century, a recent study finds. In fairness, the Samalas Eruption did not directly lead to Ghengis Khan or Black Death. But during the Little Ice Age - the populations reduced by ~90%.
    - ffgjgf1 3y ago
      > the populations reduced by ~90%. Specifically in the Americas, not the whole world. Also I don’t see how climate change was the cause. European population had already recovered to its pre black death peak by the 1400s and had significantly surpassed it by 1500 (78 vs 90 million).

onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago

Or The Samalas eruption - which is believed to have caused the Little Ice Age - and killed 90% of Europeans & North Americans at the time (55M people). I imagine many millions of large mammals and birds and insects also died.

hinkley 3y ago
See also the Year Without Summer, 1816. Apparently Frankenstein and Dracula were both born that 'summer' at one of Byron's gatherings. Something to pass the time indoors.
ffgjgf1 3y ago
> and killed 90% of Europeans & North Americans at the time (55M people). That’s very far fetched. > which is believed By whom? The little ice age peaked in the 1600s.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1257_Samalas_eruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1257_Samalas_eruption > The eruption may have helped trigger the Little Ice Age, a centuries-long cold period during the last thousand years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age > In a 2012 paper, Miller et al. link the Little Ice Age to an "unusual 50-year-long episode with four large sulfur-rich explosive eruptions, each with global sulfate loading >60 Tg" and notes that "large changes in solar irradiance are not required."[8] https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-million-indigenous-people-colonization-study/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4924534/little-ice-age-death-55-m... > The elimination of nearly 55 million, or 90 per cent, of Indigenous people in the Americas during European colonization led to global climate change and the “Little Ice Age” of the 17th century, a recent study finds. In fairness, the Samalas Eruption did not directly lead to Ghengis Khan or Black Death. But during the Little Ice Age - the populations reduced by ~90%.
  - ffgjgf1 3y ago
    > the populations reduced by ~90%. Specifically in the Americas, not the whole world. Also I don’t see how climate change was the cause. European population had already recovered to its pre black death peak by the 1400s and had significantly surpassed it by 1500 (78 vs 90 million).