Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A May 2018 PMID 29760088

Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity.

Joseph R McConnell, Andrew I Wilson, Andreas Stohl, Monica M Arienzo, Nathan J Chellman, Sabine Eckhardt, Elisabeth M Thompson, A Mark Pollard, Jørgen Peder Steffensen

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@OmarMontoyaSua1 ... Link: Este artículo científico demuestra cómo las emisiones de plomo en Europa, especialmente por la minería en Hispania bajo Roma, quedaron registradas en el hielo de Groenlandia https://t.co/U1kGhJpp2P

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Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity. https://t.co/37lhfSbH8J Someone study the Himalayan glaciers before they melt could reveal about the Indus Valley civilization, and maybe the

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Wynken, Blynken, & N
@greatfilter72 · X

https://t.co/1wzaJ0eWBK This is the paper that Dibble used to lie about what we would know happened during the ice age. It only goes back to 1100 BCE.

Apr 23, 2024 · 8 likes · 3 shares · 457 followers View post →
Andrew DAVIES
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@jtlewis_arch Maybe you could answer some questions I have about Flint's data, namely the ice core samples. The paper he cited only goes back to 1000bc, https://t.co/AXhvT0evPD. Yet he claims there is no evidence for an ice age civilisation.

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Michael Sigl
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Mark Jones
@redtexture · X

Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity Joseph R. McConnell, Andrew I. Wilson, Andreas Stohl, et al. PNAS May 29, 2018 115 (22) 5726-5731 https://t.co/XB1FspVoiw

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@PlantAdaptation · X

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David Shiffman, Ph.D.
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Bluesky

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