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A piece of the famous Halley's comet likely slammed into Earth in A.D. 536, blasting so much dust into the atmosphere that the planet cooled considerably, a new study suggests. This dramatic climate shift is linked to drought and famine around the world, which may have made humanity more susceptible to "Justinian's plague" in A.D. 541-542 — the first recorded emergence of the Black Death in Europe.
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How Halley's comet is linked to a famine 1,500 years ago
TaoPhoenix:
How Halley's comet is linked to a famine 1,500 years ago
-Arizona Hot (December 19, 2013, 07:37 PM)
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Aka circa 520 AD?!
Arizona Hot:
How Halley's comet is linked to a famine 1,500 years ago
-Arizona Hot (December 19, 2013, 07:37 PM)
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Aka circa 520 AD?! -TaoPhoenix (December 19, 2013, 07:39 PM)
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Ice core data record evidence of a volcanic eruption in 536, but it almost certainly wasn't big enough to change the climate so dramatically, Abbott said.
"There was, I think, a small volcanic effect," she said. "But I think the major thing is that something hit the ocean."
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There may have been more than one eruption around that time which contributed to the situation.
Arizona Hot:
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-TaoPhoenix (December 19, 2013, 07:39 PM)
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Aka circa 520 AD?!
I have 2 articles which may be revelant to this:
Extreme weather events of 535–536 - Wikipedia
Volcanoes and climate Jihong Cole-Dai
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