2019: Was It An Unprecedented Doomsday Summer In Europe?

2019: Was It An Unprecedented Doomsday Summer In Europe?
"No, it was not.
And another alarmist doomsday claim bites the dust.
As with everything in climate change, nothing is unprecedented.
The warm and dry Europe summers over the last two years are no exception.
Per this article, scientists examined evidence using dendroclimatology techniques and concluded that the Medieval Warming Period produced similar high temperatures and droughts in northern Germany some 1,000 years ago.
And the result was most definitely not a climate doomsday event
As it happens, the High Middle Ages took place 1,000 years ago during this time of a milder and warmer climate. 
The better climate was key to producing a more robust civilization with impressive population gains, coupled with greater agriculture opportunity and capabilities that helped stimulate economic markets and trade.
Of course, nothing lasts forever in nature, and as the climate made its move into the cooling period known as the Little Ice Age, the great societal gains of the Climate Optimum either stagnated or were vastly decreased across a wide swath of Europe..."
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