The Roman Empire lit so many fires that the resulting ... They also cut down forests to grow crops,… Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New ...

These cold, wet conditions would have almost certainly decimated crops, Dr. McConnell and his colleagues said. Historical records compiled by Roman writers and philosophers note food shortages and ...

One team of scientists recently unearthed a different kind of Roman artifact that may hold a strange clue to the empire's downfall. A study of tree rings recently published in the journal Science ...