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Toruń/ Research of a Nicolaus Copernicus University scientist may change the chronology of the Bronze Age
A giant iceberg broke off the Larsen C glacier in West Antarctica in July. It gives an opportunity to conduct research on previously unexplored areas of the Antarctic Ocean and inaccessible ecosystems - told PAP polar biologist from the University of Lodz, Prof. Magdalena Błażewicz. A giant iceberg broke off the Larsen C glacier in West Antarctica in July. It gives an opportunity to conduct research on previously unexplored areas of the Antarctic Ocean and inaccessible ecosystems - told PAP polar biologist from the University of Lodz, Prof. Magdalena Błażewicz.
The eruption of Thera volcano, which destroyed the Minoan culture and changed the climate, could happen earlier than it was thought - scientist from Toruń believes. His research may change the chronology of the Bronze Age of the cradle of our civilization - the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Professor Tomasz Ważny from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń conducts this research in an international team, which includes scientists from the US, Turkey and the Balkans. The research is multidisciplinary, but the main research method is dendrochronology - a branch of science dealing with dating by analysing the annual increments of wood.
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