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How mud forced the Mongols to abandon invasion of Europe, The Times, 27 May 2016
Our publication Climatic and environmental aspects of the Mongol withdrawal from Hungary in 1242 CE (in: Nature Scientific Reports) was discussed by The Times on Friday, May 27 2016.
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Using Arctic driftwood at the interface of marine and terrestrial (paleo-) environmental research, Apr 27-30, 2016
Venue The Icelandic Forest Research Institute Mógilsá, which is located ~20km northwest of Reykjavik, Iceland (Apr 27-30, 2016) Aims - Organizing and coordinating future fieldwork activities - Joining forces towards a cross-disciplinary driftwood review paper - Fundraising and proposal writing to improve international driftwood research - Implementing the newly generated momentum of this workshop into ...
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PAGES EuroMed 2k meeting at Hoeri, Germany, March 23-25, 2016
With the workshop entitled “Consolidation, finalization and publication of the EuroMed2k database”, we will mainly aim at generating several contributions for the 2016 PAGES Special Issue. In this regard, we will critically outline the reconstruction potential and merging limitation of the various high- to low-resolution, marine and terrestrial proxy ...
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All-clear for gourmets: truffles not radioactive
Some forest mushrooms, such as wild porcini, accumulate dangerous levels of radioactivity originating from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. With one notable exception: wild truffles, fungi that range among the most expensive foods in the world. Our publication All-clear for gourmets: truffles not radioactive, published in the journal "Biogeosciences", is being discussed in several international newspapers; selection below: El ...
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Late Antique Little Ice Age: news from around the world
Our Nature Geoscience publication Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD is being discussed in several international newspapers and online science magazines; selection below: USA and UK Ancient Origins (US): Late Antiquity Little Ice Age Triggered Plague, Decline of Empires, and Migration Fox News (US): The ...
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