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Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire’s collapse.

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago.

After crushing the rocks and separating out the zircon crystals, Spencer and colleagues ... in which large slabs of ice break off glaciers, drift across the ocean, and subsequently melt to scatter ...

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Analysis of rocks from Iceland indicates that extreme climate possibly led to the wipeout of the Western Roman Empire.

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

The zircon crystals’ “fingerprints” pointed to different ... a “known major episode of ice-rafting, where vast chunks of ice break away from glaciers, drift across the ocean, and eventually melt, ...

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Such crystals, the researchers note ... which suggested that the rocks had been moved when ice broke free from Greenland's larger glaciers that formed as conditions had grown colder during ...