EUROPE WAS WARMER AND WETTER OVER THE PAST 9000 YEARS

Europe is now dryer (and colder) than at almost any other period in the last 9000 years, according to A new European Alps hydroclimate reconstruction spanning the years 8980 to 2014 CE that has been derived from the stable isotopes of 192 trees (Arosio et al., 2025).

The reconstruction clearly distinguishes centennial-scale warm periods such as the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), Roman Warm Period (RWP), and millennial-scale African Humid Period (when the Sahara was green, lake- and fauna-covered). These warmer centuries (millennia) were accompanied by wetter, much more humid climates.

 New Study: Europe Was ‘Not Only Warmer But Also Wetter During Most Of The Pre-Industrial Holocene’