500-Year-Old Diaries Chronicle Harsh Human Toll Of Climate Extremes
Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...
500-year-old Transylvanian diaries detail the peril of the Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...
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Historical writings reveal how people weathered the Little Ice Age
Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.
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Andrei Kurkov: ‘We needed a war to show that Ukraine is different from Russia’
The acclaimed Ukrainian author and essayist talks about his experience as a Soviet-born, Russian-speaking novelist, the ...
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Lithuania hopes to woo Trump with its anti-China stance
A few days after a Chinese ship was suspected of severing two telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea last November, Lithuania expelled three Chinese diplomats. And this wasn’t the first time this ...
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Lithuania Provides Nearly €33M for Tuition for Ukrainian Refugees
Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Specifically, Lithuania’s Ministry of Education, Science and Sports had requested €4.2 million ($4.33 million) from the Cabinet of Ministers ...
Droughts, Locusts, and Plague: 16th-Century Transylvanian Diaries Expose Climate Chaos
Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...
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‘Isola’ revitalizes the forgotten history of 16th century France
Goodman memorializes de la Rocque de Roberval and her remarkable valor through masterful writing, reminding the 21st century ...