Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...

Flooding, famine, plagues. Historical documents from diaries to parish registers detail the dramatic impacts of the Little ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

People have been recording local climates for centuries, chronicling hot and cold periods as well as resulting floods, famines, and fatal diseases. Now, researchers have examined a wealth of historic ...

For centuries, people have kept diaries documenting the ups and downs of local weather. Now, scientists have combed through a ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Commercial real estate firm Avison Young has been appointed to bring Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a unique leisure asset in South Wales, to market on behalf of Caerphilly County Borough Council. Avison ...

A proverb said to have arisen in 16th-century England postulates that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” When too many people ...

Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond 'nature's archive,', other sources, such as diaries, travel ...

New info about the region of present-day Romania associated with the legend of Dracula was revealed in a new study. The post ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.