Medieval Warm Period

noun

1. the time, c900–1400, during which warmer temperatures existed in many parts of the world. : MWP

Medieval Warm Period

/ mē′dē-ē′vəl,mĕd′ē-,mĭ-dē′vəl /

1. The period from about 1000 to 1400 in which global temperatures are thought to have been a few degrees warmer than those of the preceding and following periods. The climatic effects of this period were confined primarily to Europe and North America. The period following the Medieval Warm Period is known as the Little Ice Age.

Example Sentences

Between approximately 1160 and 1400, a period known as the Medieval Warm Period, about 60% of the pollen records came from northern forest species such as pine, spruce, and fir.

From Science Daily

During these events, including a temperature drop in 4000 B.C.E. that impacted the Eurasian Steppe's Neolithic communities and the flooding of Holland during the Medieval Warm Period, Kindstedt argues that "dairying and cheesemaking have repeatedly served as an irreplaceable fallback option for humanity to cope with climatic catastrophes."

From Salon

Over the past 2,000 years, it did get warmer in Britain during the Medieval Warm Period — between 750 and 1350 — but probably not as hot as the late 20th and early 21st centuries, most scientists say.

From Washington Post

It was during the Medieval Warm Period, an era of hotter temperatures in some parts of the world, including the Sierra.

From Los Angeles Times

Wildfires were not part of the recent memory of the Kuikuro, but archaeologists have unearthed evidence of strategies they used to control wildfires during the Medieval Warm Period, early in the last millennium.

From New York Times