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Ancient Irish texts show volcanic link to cold weather
Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:08
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Bbc.co.uk – 6/6/12, Matt McGrath
Annals written at the monastery at Clonmacnoise
recorded significant events including extreme weather
Researchers have been able to trace the impact of volcanic eruptions on the climate over a 1200 year period by assessing ancient Irish texts.
The international team compared entries in these medieval annals with ice core data indicating volcanic eruptions.
Of 38 volcanic events, 37 were associated with directly observed cold weather extremes recorded in the chronicles.
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