536 AD: How Did Humanity Survive The Worst Year In History?

Should've changed the title. This is the discovery of what caused the worst year, not how it was survived.

My impression has been that this event may have been caused by the creation of the strait between Java and Sumatra with the explosion of a 'grandfather' Krakatoa in the 530's AD. The most recent explosion in the late 19th century also brought on a dimming of the earth for a period yet not as bad as 1400 years ago.

I saw this one several years ago and I think an updated documentary is due. New technologies have come into play making studies of vulcanism more precise.

1816AD is called "The year without a summer" because of a volcanic eruption, Mount Tambora. It wasn't as devastating as the 536AD event but it was pretty noticeable.

RIP, Mike Baillie (1944-2023).

Humanity should be prepared for these recurring events

You can always tell how all in and manic a nerd is, by the disaster zone of a work space and research library! This man is all in... Passionate.

Funny that this is right around the time St Kevin is reputed to have lived in a cave for 7 years at Glendalough Ireland. He is reputed to have lived from 498 to 618, some guestimation and mythmaking poetic license with those dates for sure but either way places his prime years around the time of this event. Could he and his wider family (early irish Saints were usually from wealthy clans and those would have previously been on the fertile plains of dublin/meath/kildare etc) have moved to the lakeside site in wicklow to ride out the event hunting & fishing? Could their success in doing so have led to the subsequent growth of the community around them? People would have said he'd made the right choice by moving his clan there and thus attributed it to God being on his side. One two skip a few and you have a monastic City spring up.

This same video gets released year after year by multiple channels for as long as I can remember.

I can imagine people thinking : ' Right, this is it.The end of time is upon us ! '

You did not tell us how people survived.

Reading about Krakatoa in 1883, is mind blowing that it was on the site of the original blast of 537. The most recent volcano recorded is the Tongan Volcano in 2020. Once you read the effects from a massive volcanic explosion, the information becomes more relatable. The lack of sunlight, acid rain, flooding and the populations around the world thinking it would be judgement day! The hard part as noted is finding any recorded mention of the event. Can it happen again, oh yes it certainly can! Can't remember if he determined a month? Tree ring mapping, brilliant, wonder if they mapped the big Redwoods of the east coast of America? Ice cores are really becoming totally important as well, saw a special on the investigation of the poles swapping and also the Gulf Stream stopping! The really scary thing is, not understanding this rock we live on, and what makes it tick.

Like roaches. Humanity survives every thing.

I remember when this happened, man, it was dark and cold.

Good video but once again a misleading title. 95% of it is about the modern-day investigation of what caused it. There’s barely anything about what actually happened, how societies dealt with the famines, what wars occurred etc.

They did such a good job keeping the science visually relevant and the information clear and logical throughout the documentary, thoroughly enjoyable and well done!

It all depends on the sustainability of life. A hundred people could probably survive the lack of food, by hunting down animals over time, but a few billion..

I would have thought, if the volcano spewed enough ash to go around the world, there would be layers that could be dated on Java and Sumatra.

Worst year in history! Dinosaurs: Hold my gypsum.

Remember... we are only a guest on this planet... only a viewers in a great theater of Nature.