Roman Plagues Struck During Cool, Dry Periods
Marine sediments from the Gulf of Taranto offer a high-resolution look at climate during ancient disease outbreaks.
Source: eos.org
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Did Climate Change Cause the Fall of the Roman Empire?
“The Roman Empire rises and falls and rises and falls,” says Harper. “There’s a series of episodes of very extreme crises in some cases. And I think the case is now overwhelmingly clear that both climate change and pandemic disease had a role in many of those episodes.”
Source: wattsupwiththat.com
Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods
A study reconstructing the climate of Italy during the Roman Empire based on marine sediments shows that three pandemics coincided with cooler, drier conditions
Source: newscientist.com
Georgetown Alumnus, DOJ War Crimes Researcher Wins 2024 Rhodes Scholarship
Thomas Batterman, a Georgetown alumnus who investigates war crimes at the Department of Justice, won the 2024 Rhodes Scholarship in the U.S.
Source: georgetown.edu
Did the 'Black Death' Really Kill Half of Europe? New Research Says No.
Looking at ancient deposits of pollen as markers of agricultural activity, researchers found that the Black Death caused a patchwork of destruction in Europe.
Source: nytimes.com