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.
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