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Roman scrolls, long buried by Vesuvius, reveal their secrets
2016-03-23 18:55:10| Extremetech
New research into the priceless papyri library recovered from Herculaneum has revealed that some scrolls were written with metal-based ink rather than the traditional carbon inks used in antiquity. This discovery both rewrites the ancient history of writing and could help scientists recover the writings preserved on the fragile scrolls.
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New Little Ice Age Coincides Fall Of Eastern Roman Empire &Growth Of Arab Empire
2016-02-09 04:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eureasia Review: Researchers from the international Past Global Changes (PAGES) project write in the journal Nature Geoscience that they have identified an unprecedented, long-lasting cooling in the northern hemisphere 1500 years ago. The drop in temperature immediately followed three large volcanic eruptions in quick succession in the years 536, 540 and 547 AD (also known as the Common Era CE). Volcanoes can cause climate cooling by ejecting large volumes of small particles -- sulfate aerosols -- that enter the...
European Summers Hottest Since Roman Empire, According to Tree Ring Analysis
2016-01-29 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: For the past three decades, Europe has been experiencing its warmest summers since the days of the Roman Empire, according to a study published in the Environmental Research Letters Journal. The study, compiled by 40 academics, concluded that average summer temperatures have been 1.3 degrees Celsius hotter than they were 2,000 years ago. Heat waves also occur more often and last longer. The temperature figures were calculated by analyzing the tree ring analysis of three pine species found in Austria,...
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Modern European summers are warmest since Roman times, study finds
2016-01-29 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe has almost certainly experienced warmer summers in the last three decades than at any other time since the Roman empire, according to a study published on Friday in the Environmental Research Letters journal. Since 1986, mean summer temperatures have been about 1.3C hotter than they were two millennia ago, while heatwaves have been longer, more frequent and more persistent, the study says. The paper was compiled by 40 prominent academics, using tree-ring analysis, climate modelling and...
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Monday's Roman Record highlights over a dozen real estate deals greater than $100,000
2016-01-11 07:27:26| Real Estate - Topix.net
The first full week of 2016 was a banner one for Rome real estate agents as more than a dozen residential real estate deals valued at more than $100,000 were closed during the week.