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How Arctic ice cores helped track the ups and downs of the Roman Empire

Scientists have tracked lead emissions in the ice core record, a proxy for coin production and economic prosperity.

By Kelsey Lindsey May 17, 2018
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Hundreds of miles away, thousands of years in the future, an ice core has helped chart the peaks and lows of the Roman Empire.

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