Author Topic: Roman rise and fall 'recorded in trees' (Read 1098 times)

Clive · « **on:** January 15, 2011, 13:27 »

An extensive study of tree growth rings says there could be a link between the rise and fall of past civilisations and sudden shifts in Europe's climate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12186245

Rik · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2011, 16:10 »

Thinking about November/December... ':|

Simon · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2011, 21:15 »

Do we have to?

Clive · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2011, 22:35 »

One well respected astronomer I know claims that the dark ages were caused by a comet colliding with Earth back in 536 AD. LINK

sam · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2011, 23:42 »

its an interesting idea, but wouldn't the trees have records of this too?

Do we have evidence of where it would have landed, surely we could track it down?

Clive · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2011, 09:58 »

Yes the trees kept the records very intact! You will be able to find his paper in A&G if you care to look it up. I understand it's the most well read A&G paper of all time!

sam · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2011, 15:08 »

wow - I will have a look. A&G - I'm never sure about it though.

Author Topic: Roman rise and fall 'recorded in trees' (Read 1098 times)

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