Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the ...

Ice age triggered by volcanic ash from three massive eruptions that lowered global temperatures may have caused the Roman ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

There were lots of reasons that the Roman Empire may have collapsed, but recent research suggests there may have been a climate crisis that contributed to its demise ...

Now, a new study has strengthened the case that a brief period of intense cooling called the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) primed the Roman Empire to finally fall in 1453 CE. The team ...

known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age, coincided with the crumbling of Roman power. Researchers suggest this climatic shift may have been the final blow to the already weakened empire.

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

This period of intense, rapid cooling, known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age, coincided with the crumbling of Roman power.