Study reveals Climate Change impact on WWI and the Spanish Flu

Drill site inside the dome; Nicole Spalding, University of Maine

A paper published in GeoHealth has shown a rare climate anomaly occured during the years including World War I and the "Spanish Flu" pandemic. The research looks at alpine ice cores from the Colle Gnifetti glacier in the Swiss-Italian Alps. 

Professor Christopher Loveluck (Classics and Archaeology) was part of the study, led by Harvard University and the Climate Change Institute, University of Maine.

The full press release is available here.