Ancient arabic writings help scientists piece together climate

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Ancient arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate

Posted: 26 Feb 2012 07:59 PM PST

Ancient manuscripts written by Arabic scholars can provide valuable meteorological information to help modern scientists reconstruct the climate of the past, a new study has revealed. The research analyses the writings of scholars, historians and diarists in Iraq during the Islamic Golden Age between 816-1009 AD for evidence of abnormal weather patterns.
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