Reading Topics on Environmental History: 1st meeting of REPORT(H)A Portuguese Network of Environmental History
In 2015 the CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar Cultura, Espaço e Memória, organizes the 4th CITCEM Conference subordinated to the theme Crossing Borders: Connecting Edges of Environmental History. The Conference aims to bring together experts of environmental history, whose contributions will enable the exchange of new perspectives, discussing concepts,…
The year-long unprecedented European heat and drought of 1540 - a worst case
The heat waves of 2003 in Western Europe and 2010 in Russia, commonly labelled as rare climatic anomalies outside of previous experience, are often taken as harbingers of more frequent extremes in the global warming-influenced future. However, a recent reconstruction of spring–summer temperatures for WE resulted in the likelihood of…
Western Mediterranean precipitation over the last 300 years from instrumental observations
The paper reports the results of the analysis of the 14 longest precipitation instrumental series, covering the last 300 years, that have been recovered in six subareas of the Western Mediterranean basin, i.e., Portugal, Northern and Southern Spain, Southern France, Northern and Southern Italy. This study extends back by one…
Early portuguese meteorological measurements (18th century)
Natural proxies, documentary evidence and instrumental data are the only sources used to reconstruct past climates. In this paper, we present the 18th century meteorologists (either Portuguese or foreigners) who made the first observations at several sites in Continental Portugal, Madeira Island and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), from 1749 until…
Potential of oak tree-ring chronologies from Southern Portugal for climate reconstruction
The present work reports a first attempt to assemble long tree-ring chronologies from Portugal potentially useful for climate reconstructions. Three oak species (Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus faginea, and Quercus ilex) were sampled at three sites in southern Portugal to obtain tree-ring chronologies. The longest tree ring series covers 173 years extending…
Weather and climate versus mortality in Lisbon (Portugal) since the 19th century
A renewed interest on the impacts of climate change has spurred several studies on climate/health relationships. This study aims to detect and explain any changes in the relationships between climate and mortality in Lisbon from 1835 until 2012. The evaluation of mortality seasonal rhythms over time is based on the…
Atas do I Encontro Internacional de História Ambiental Lusófona
A presente publicação é a memória escrita do “Encontro Internacional de História Ambiental Lusófona”, realizado em Coimbra, a 30 e 31 de março de 2012, contada a partir das comunicações aí apresentadas; um encontro que permitiu um primeiro contacto entre estudiosos/as de história ambiental de língua portuguesa e que contribuiu…
O clima do Sul de Portugal no século XVIII
O clima do Sul de Portugal no século XVIII. Reconstituição a partir de fontes descritivas e instrumentais.