CCI Swiss Alps ice core research featured in The Conversation article about the ‘worst year ever to be alive’
The Conversation published an article about what scientists and historians consider to be “worst year to be alive” — 536 — that featured a 2018 study co-authored by several scientists from the University of Maine Climate Change Institute, including director Paul Mayewski. They collaborated with other researchers to investigate an ice core in the Swiss-Italian Alps that yielded evidence showing that a 7th-century switch from gold to silver currencies in western Europe occurred a quarter of a century earlier than previously thought. Nature World News, Phys.org and EconoTimes shared The Conversation piece.