Around 1500 years ago something terrifying happened to the world's climate that no one could understand. Because during this period of time, a mysterious dense fog rolled over Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia, causing much of the world plunged into darkness for 18 months, making it one of the worst periods in history to be alive. The fog was so dense that it dimmed the sun during the day, causing the temperature to drop, the crops to fail and many people to die. It was like if the Sun had given forth its light to the Earth, but without the brightness, like the Moon, and it also seemed extremely as if the sun was constantly in eclipse. It may have been the reason that in the year 536 people couldn’t able to see their own shadows - even at noon. Due to crop failure and famine for more than a year, the period of cold and starvation caused economic stagnation in Europe. It has been speculated that the changes were caused by a phenomenon known as "volcanic winter", which involves a reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash or dust thrown into the air after a large explosive volcanic eruption. But some possibilities were also being considered that all this happened after the impact of a comet or meteorite. But the evidence of sulfate deposits in ice cores strongly supports the volcano hypothesis. The volcanic sulfate aerosols in the stratosphere can reduce solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface for years, causing a decrease in surface temperature and affecting the global climate system.
According to the researchers, this mysterious event has been caused by an extensive atmospheric dust veil, possibly due to a large volcanic eruption in Iceland in early 536 that helped spread ash and clouds across the Northern Hemisphere, creating the fog. During this extreme weather event, the temperatures dropped from 1.5°C to 2.5°C in Europe and Asia in the summer of 536, with China even reporting snow during the summer, making it the coldest decade in the last 2300 years. This explosion was similar to the explosion of the volcano Mount Tambora in Sumbawa in 1815, which is believed to be the deadliest volcanic eruption on recorded history and was responsible for a global climatic change in 1816, popularly known as the "Year Without a Summer". Severe climatic abnormalities decreased average global temperatures in 1816, resulting in a large food shortage in the Northern Hemisphere.
Some experts relate this extreme weather event of 536 with the volcanic Krakatoa eruption. They suggested that the volcano Krakatoa erupted at that time and caused the changes. According to them, an eruption of Krakatoa described as occurring in 416 by the Javanese Book of Kings, but that eruption actually took place in 535-536, there is no other evidence of such an eruption in 416.
According to the researchers, this mysterious event has been caused by an extensive atmospheric dust veil, possibly due to a large volcanic eruption in Iceland in early 536 that helped spread ash and clouds across the Northern Hemisphere, creating the fog. During this extreme weather event, the temperatures dropped from 1.5°C to 2.5°C in Europe and Asia in the summer of 536, with China even reporting snow during the summer, making it the coldest decade in the last 2300 years. This explosion was similar to the explosion of the volcano Mount Tambora in Sumbawa in 1815, which is believed to be the deadliest volcanic eruption on recorded history and was responsible for a global climatic change in 1816, popularly known as the "Year Without a Summer". Severe climatic abnormalities decreased average global temperatures in 1816, resulting in a large food shortage in the Northern Hemisphere.
Some experts relate this extreme weather event of 536 with the volcanic Krakatoa eruption. They suggested that the volcano Krakatoa erupted at that time and caused the changes. According to them, an eruption of Krakatoa described as occurring in 416 by the Javanese Book of Kings, but that eruption actually took place in 535-536, there is no other evidence of such an eruption in 416.
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