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To destroy the world, type: /end
Many historians and climate scientists have described 536 AD as
one of the worst years to be alive, though the climatic disaster would continue until 545. (source: ChatGPT)
Written records are sparse (the Dark Age is called
Darkfor this reason), but from what we know this winter was the worst in recorded history, particularly in Europe and Asia. Beyond globally-scattered written records, there's modern evidence: [1 Tree rings], [2 Greenland ice cores], [3 Antarctic ice cores], and [4 Volcanic sulfate deposits] all show that an enormous volcanic eruption (or possibly several eruptions in close succession) injected vast quantities of sulfur aerosols into the atmosphere. A global haze covered most of the Earth for years. Temperatures dropped dramatically, harvests failed, people starved, livestock died, and there were many mass migrations of peoples seeking food.
Let's relive these good ole days! All alt-greeting scenarios start in February, just to be cool.
Earth 536
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