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 ‘Late Antique Little Ice Age’ shaped human history, scientists say
International Business Times (UK): Late Antique Little Ice Age: Volcanic eruptions helped trigger fall of Eastern Roman and rise of Arab Empire
New Scientist (US): 125-year mini ice age linked to the plague and fall of empires
Science AAAS (US): Volcano-induced ‘Little Ice Age’ may have contributed to famines, wars in 6th and 7th centuries
The Times (UK): Volcanoes fuelled the rise of Arab empire
Washington Post (US): How changing climates shape the fate of empires
Germany and Switzerland
Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ (CH): Kleine Eiszeit in der Spätantike Der Klimawandel als Triebkraft gesellschaftlicher Umwälzungen
Spektrum der Wissenschaft (DE): Klimageschichte: Drei Vulkane beendeten die Antike
Süddeutsche Zeitung (DE): Es wurde kalt um Byzanz
Tagesanzeiger (CH): Die neue «Kleine Eiszeit»
Tagesspiegel (DE): Historische Klimaänderung: Vulkanausbrüche trieben Völkerwanderungen an
Le Temps (CH): Un âge glaciaire durant l’Antiquité
Other Countries
Actualités Housserai Writing (MG): Le petit âge glaciaire associé à la peste et à la chute des empires
Côngnghệ (VN): Phát hiện ra nguyên nhân bất ngờ gây sụp đổ đế quốc La Mã cổ đại
El Pais (ES): Una pequeña edad de hielo pudo cambiar la historia de la Antigüedad
Ingeniøren (DK): En lille istid i senantikken førte til voldsomme samfundsforandringer
Лента.Ру (RU): Заморозки, возможен ислам
Le Scienze (IT): Due secoli di cambiamenti climatici e sociali
Scientias (NL): Bracht een kleine ijstijd het Byzantijnse Rijk ten val?
Scienze Fanpage (IT): Come una “piccola era glaciale” portò alla crisi dell’Impero Romano d’Oriente
SVT (SE): Vulkanutbrott orsakade liten istid
Tehran Times (IRN): Late antique little ice age 1,500 years ago