Tag: ice core
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Nation & World
Probing the Black Death for lead pollution insights
The natural level of lead in the air is essentially zero, according to research backed by data from the 14th-century Black Death, when mining and smelting ceased.
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Nation & World
Did famine worsen the Black Death?
New European ice-core data provides a view of the difficult times that led up to and may have worsened the Black Death.
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Nation & World
Annals of climate
Professor Michael McCormick will lead a project aimed at constructing the most detailed historical record yet of European climate.