New ‘Little Ice Age’ coincides with fall of Eastern Roman Empire and growth of Arab Empire

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.
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