Evidence contained within historical documents and inscriptions provides an important
record of climate variability for periods prior to the onset of systematic meteorological data …

The use of documentary evidence to investigate past climatic trends and events has become
a recognised approach in recent decades. This contribution presents the state of the art in its …

Droughts are one of the extreme climatic phenomena with the greatest and most persistent
impact on health, economic activities and ecosystems and are poorly understood due to …

Climate change significantly impacts the lives of all people. Global change is composed of
multiple factors that affect the population differently, having a very significant impact in the …

The history of drought occurrence in Poland in the last millennium is poorly known. To
improve this knowledge we have conducted a comprehensive analysis using both proxy …

Extreme meteorological events have had devastating consequences all over the world
throughout the ages. In this study, we look into the floods at the mouth of the Douro River …

Drought represents a prevalent climate risk in the Mediterranean region. In the context of
climate change, an increase in both frequency and intensity is anticipated over the next …

This paper contributes to the new climate-society literature (Carleton and Hsiang, 2016) by
analyzing the role of climate in conflicts over the pre-industrial period in Europe, in the vein …

Calligonum mongolicum is often planted as a windbreak and for sand stabilization on
mobile and semi‐mobile sand dunes in extremely arid regions. However, water availability …

Rogation ceremonies are religious requests to God. Pro-pluvia rogations were celebrated
during dry conditions to ask God for rain. In this work, we have recovered 37 pro-pluvia …