Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

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Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

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People have been recording local climates for centuries, chronicling hot and cold periods as well as resulting floods, famines, and fatal diseases. Now, researchers have examined a wealth of historic ...

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Explore the debate on climate change causes: human activities vs. natural variability. Discover the latest data, scientific ...

Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond 'nature's archive,', other sources, such as diaries, travel ...

Explore the Little Ice Age, a period of dramatic climate change that reshaped societies, economies, and cultures across the globe.

DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like ... Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in ...