Climate change linked to rise and fall of the Roman Empire

Map of the Roman Empire under the rule of Emperor Hadrian in 116 AD
Source:http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/sources/roman_empire_under_hadrian_116_ad.html


New research suggests that Climate change had an important contribution to the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. To read an article about these findings at the Edmonton Journal newspaper website please click on the following link:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Climate+cited+Rome+rise+fall/4109444/story.html

To read an abstract about this research please visit:

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/01/12/science.1197175.abstract?sid=6b7c0b1e-e1ab-45d2-aea8-3515547a0ba9

Other  articles relating to this research can be read at the following websites:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19968-fall-of-roman-empire-linked-to-wild-shifts-in-climate.html

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-climate-flux-europe-social-fall.html