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 ...
February 25, 2016 in Press / Interviews, Studies
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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 ...
February 15, 2016 in Press / Interviews
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Radio- und TV-Beiträge zur Spätantiken Kleinen Eiszeit

Alte Bäume offenbaren "Spätantike Kleine Eiszeit" vor rund 1500 Jahren Jahrringmessungen decken eine drastische Kälteperiode in Eurasien zwischen 536 und etwa 660 nach Christus auf. Sie überlagert sich zeitlich mit der Justinianischen Pest sowie mit politischen Umwälzungen und Völkerwanderungen sowohl in Europa als auch in Asien. Dies berichtet ein interdisziplinäres ...
February 8, 2016 in Press / Interviews
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Old trees reveal Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) around 1,500 years ago

(Source: WSL press release 08.02.2016) Tree-ring measurements have revealed a period of extreme cold in Eurasia between 536 and around 660 CE. It coincides strikingly with the Justinian plague, migrations of peoples and political turmoil in both Europe and Asia, reports an interdisciplinary team, led by the Swiss Federal Research Institute ...
February 8, 2016 in Studies
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