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Post by spanishspy on May 14, 2018 21:45:12 GMT
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Post by raunchel on May 14, 2018 21:52:33 GMT
Wow, this is a truly interesting thing. I think I'll be downloading the paper.
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Post by stevep on May 15, 2018 10:28:47 GMT
Unfortunately I've already used up my New York Times quota for the month so I can't see it  but presumably its about ice cores, probably from Greenland, giving information about industrial activity in the Roman empire via pollutants in the ice core from those dates. Know I've heard of this before and things like lead levels seem to match very closely to the rise and fall of the empire. Possibly have some new info there? |
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Post by raunchel on May 15, 2018 11:03:35 GMT
Unfortunately I've already used up my New York Times quota for the month so I can't see it but presumably its about ice cores, probably from Greenland, giving information about industrial activity in the Roman empire via pollutants in the ice core from those dates. Know I've heard of this before and things like lead levels seem to match very closely to the rise and fall of the empire. Possibly have some new info there? The paper is here: www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/05/08/1721818115 |
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Post by stevep on May 15, 2018 11:31:00 GMT
Unfortunately I've already used up my New York Times quota for the month so I can't see it but presumably its about ice cores, probably from Greenland, giving information about industrial activity in the Roman empire via pollutants in the ice core from those dates. Know I've heard of this before and things like lead levels seem to match very closely to the rise and fall of the empire. Possibly have some new info there? The paper is here: www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/05/08/1721818115 OK thanks.  |
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but presumably its about ice cores, probably from Greenland, giving information about industrial activity in the Roman empire via pollutants in the ice core from those dates. Know I've heard of this before and things like lead levels seem to match very closely to the rise and fall of the empire. Possibly have some new info there?