The optimal climate in the Middle Ages is defined as the phase of natural warming that occurred during the thirteenth century, and this has led to much debate in recent years about the unprecedented nature of the current warming or not. New scientific discoveries raise the question of the existence of this optimal climate in the Middle Ages, even in areas where it seemed reliable.
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Since the readings Weather reportWeather report Reliable data that did not exist at the time, between the 10th and 14th centuries, scientists used reconstructions made from climate models. But the results didn’t actually show higher temperatures, despite other scientists’ discoveries. In general, climatologists have already agreed on the fact that the Middle Ages were never much warmer than they are today, with the exception of certain regions of the world, such as the North Atlantic region: LandLand Located around this perimeter may experience a rise in temperature in a way that is difficult to explain.
The study of trees shows that medieval warming is weaker than the current era
Until now, scholars believed that Scandinavia was one of the regions that experienced an extremely hot period in the Middle Ages. But new analyzes of tree rings show that the medieval period was ultimately cooler than expected. According to a study published in nature, including Scandinavia. The rings of pine trees (live or dead) collected in Sweden and Finland are the most accurate indicators: the thicker and darker they are, the more they testify to periods of abnormal heat. These results show that the most recent rings were thicker than the rings from the 13th century.
The more science advances, the more this perfect medieval climate turns out to be much cooler than we thought, contradicting all theories of the past about the fact that our planet actually experienced a stronger warming than the current one.
