Friday, February 11, 2011

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Geographer recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’

Geographer recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’

ScienceDaily: Weather News - Saturday, February 5, 2011 0:00

Nearly 200 years before Hurricane Katrina, a major storm hit the coast of Louisiana just west of New Orleans. Because the War of 1812 was simultaneously raging, the hurricane's strength, direction and other historically significant details were quickly...

Climatic fluctuations in last 2,500 years linked to social upheavals

Climatic fluctuations in last 2,500 years linked to social upheavals

ScienceDaily: Weather News - Thursday, January 27, 2011 0:00

Complete record of the Central European climate of the last 2,500 years reconstructed for the first time. It would seem that there are striking chronological parallels between significant variations of climate and major historical epochs, such as the M...


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