image: Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters (c. 1608), by Hendrick Avercamp. The painting depicts a frozen Dutch landscape with people skating, walking, working, and engaging in recreational activities during winter. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Credit: Hendrick Avercamp, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The 'Little Ice Age' in Transylvania demonstrated far-reaching, intertwined environmental and societal impacts of climate variability, as unearthed by diaries and other historical sources from the 17th century.
Article URL: https://plos.io/4yDe99D
Article Title: Climatic extremes and their social implications in 17th century Transylvania: An historical climate reconstruction
Author Countries: Romania
Funding: This research has been supported by the University of Oradea, Romania. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS Climate
Article Publication Date
28-Oct-2026
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.