https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAFg3Cf_bmQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAFg3Cf_bmQ ;
536 AD: How Did Humanity Survive The Worst Year In History?
The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years.
Investigating through the lens of dendrochronology and historical accounts, this documentary explores how a mysterious dimming of the sun, blood-colored rain, and dust clouds plunged civilizations into two years of darkness, followed by famine, plague, and societal collapse.
Through the groundbreaking research of historians like David Keys and scientist Mike Bailey, discover how tree rings from around the world offer crucial insights into this pivotal moment that forever altered the course of human history.
DJ...so it may not be clear what caused the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_winter_of_536 ...however there WAS a global problem that year...Another story may be the Krakatau "explosive eruption" destroying a landbridge between Java and Sumat(e)ra...(Indonesia)...
A.o. the eruption/536 crisis very likely is part of a puzzle for the collapse-end-of the West Roman Empire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_War_(535%E2%80%93554) or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_War_(535%E2%80%93554) DJ-The West Roman Empire ended in 476...however East Roman Empire tried to restore (part of it) around 535...
Maybe even worse...there are lots of major/super volcanos able to repeat such a climate disaster now...
So-yes-2025 is "not nice" however it can get much worse...