This review shows that there is a fertile field of study on drought within the humanities and
social sciences that produces a complex scientific understanding of droughts as socio …

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 …

Weather‐and climate‐related hazards are responsible for monetary losses, material
damages, and societal consequences. Quantifying related risks is, therefore, an important …

Records of grape harvest dates (GHDs) are the oldest and the longest continuous
phenological data in Europe. However, many available series, including the well-known …

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 …

This study addresses the reconstruction of 4 slightly different drought indices in the Czech
Lands (now the Czech Republic) back to 1501 AD. Reconstructed monthly temperatures for …

The Czech Lands are particularly rich in documentary sources that help elucidate droughts
in the pre-instrumental period (12th–18th centuries), together with descriptions of human …

Abstract Information about past ecosystem dynamics and human activities is stored in the ice
of Colle Gnifetti glacier in the Swiss Alps. Adverse climatic intervals incurred crop failures …

There is strong evidence that the year 1540 was exceptionally dry and warm in Central
Europe. Here we infer 1540 summer temperatures from the number of dry days (NDDs) in …

The timing of maturity of grapes depends on the weather conditions during the growing
season. This study relies on the dependence of harvest dates on the air temperature and …