[SunkenCiv]

"Which volcanoes exactly were responsible for these aerosols clouds is still enigmatic." What a surprise.

Simulated summertime (June-August) average temperature changes in 536 CE due to the stratospheric aerosol cloud resulting from an unknown volcanic eruption reconstructed here based on contemporary written records and ice core sulfate measurements. The simulated temperature changes, ranging from 1-3 ° C over Europe, show good agreement with estimates from two tree-ring temperature reconstructions based on trees in Northern Scandinavia.

[Talisker]

Twas a comet, struck Camelot on Wales and destroyed it, and sent King Arthur to Kentucky.

No, I'm not kidding.

King Arthur II sailed to America, was killed in Kentucky, buried in Wales

[fieldmarshaldj]

"from 536 CE onward"

I guess 'Christian Era' is easier to understand for folks than Anno Domini.

[Beowulf9]

Another very interesting article. Especially considering the volcanic blasts we’ve had of late.

[sphinx]

I think this is the first article I’ve ever seen on the crisis of late antiquity and the transition to the Middle Ages that ignores the barbarian invasions and the collapse of the western Roman Empire, which occurred in the century preceding the volcanic cloud.

[Ozark Tom]

Tierra Blanca Joven layer:

http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/aag-eruption-el-salvadors-ilopango-explains-ad-536-cooling

[LouieFisk]

“The Dark Ages May Have Really Been Dimmer”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/01/010102061812.htm