TIL that Roman mining activities in mid 200 BCE polluted European air so heavily that its traces can still be detected in ice cores
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Roman mining activities polluted European air more heavily than previously thought - GeoSpace
Roman-era mining activities increased atmospheric lead concentrations by at least a factor of 10, polluting air over Europe more heavily and for longer than previously thought, according to a new analysis of ice cores taken from glaciers on France’s …larryohanlon (GeoSpace)
