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They live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful levels of toxic waste, research reveals.

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It’s fitting that young Emma Macklin should be setting herself a 30-mile sponsored walk target to raise money for Mary Stevens Hospice – it is its 30th anniversary this year. But ten-year-old Emma decided she wanted to go a step further – or rather thousands and thousands of steps further. Because the Wollaston youngster has decided to do 30 miles every month – an all seasons challenge along the paths, bridleways and canalsides of the area. The hospice is special to Emma because...

An abandoned medieval canal in the Aral Sea basin in Central Asia. Genghis Khan and his marauding Mongol horsemen were probably not responsible for the demise of Central Asia’s medieval river civilisations around 700 years ago, fresh research suggests. Instead, climate change was to blame, according to research led by the University of Lincoln in England. The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and the major rivers flowing through the region were once home to advanced river civilizations which use...

A new study challenges the long-held view that the destruction of Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century AD. The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and the major rivers flowing through the region were once home to advanced river civilizations which used floodwater irrigation to farm. The region’s decline is often attributed to the devastating Mongol invasion of the early 13th century, but new research of long-term river d...

Khan and the Mongols conquered land all across Asia and are believed to have been responsible for millions of deaths. Khan was one of the ultimate rulers, taking land far and wide, but new research has suggested that he may have been given too much credit. It was believed that the Mongols invasion led to the demise of central Asian medieval river civilisations throughout the 13th century. But new research suggests the peoples of central Asia and their habitats may have actually been destroyed b...

Researchers investigate an abandoned medieval canal, Otrar oasis, Kazakhstan.  Credit: University of Lincoln A new study challenges the long-held view that the destruction of Central Asias medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century CE. The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and the major rivers flowing through the region were once home to advanced river civilizations which used floodwater irrigation to farm. The regions decline is often attri...

The Aral Sea basin in Central Asia and its major rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, were the center of advanced river civilizations, and a principal hub of the Silk Roads over a period of more than 2,000 years. The region’s decline has been traditionally attributed to the Mongol invasion of the early-13th century CE. But a new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, challenges this long-held view. Toonen et al. challenge the long-held view that the fall of ...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 LINCOLN, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Lincoln, dryer conditions may be to blame for the collapse of medieval civilizations along Central Asia’s rivers, rather than the Mongol invasions led by Genghis Khan in the early thirteenth century. Mark Macklin of the university’s Centre for Water and Planetary Health said that communities that practiced large-scale, irrigation-based agriculture in Central Asia recovered quickly after Ar...

Central Asia’s River Civilizations Vanished due to Climate Change, not Mongol Invasion Written by AZoCleantechDec 16 2020 According to a new study, the long-held view that Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations were destroyed directly due to the Mongol invasion in the early 13 th century CE is not right. Researchers investigate an abandoned medieval canal, Otrar oasis, Kazakhstan. Image Credit: University of Lincoln. The Aral Sea basin located in Central Asia and the significant rivers...