Next generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: insights from the Black Death

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Next generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: insights from the Black Death

Current policies to reduce lead pollution in the air are based on the assumption that pre-industrial levels of lead in the air were negligible, safe or non-existent. This trans-disciplinary article shows that this is not the case, using ‘next-generation’ laser technology in climate science, in combi...

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Main Authors:	More, Alexander F., Spaulding, Nicole E., Bohleber, Pascal, Handley, Michael J., Hoffmann, Helene, Korotkikh, Elena V., Kurbatov, Andrei V., Loveluck, Christopher P., Sneed, Sharon B., McCormick, Michael, Mayewski, Paul A.
Format:	Article
Published:	AGU Publications 2017
Subjects:	ice core; pandemic; lead; Black Death; Colle Gnifetti; Europe
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44697/

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