Northern US braves historic snowstorm
Major cities experienced power outages and travel disruptions amid heavy snowfall
A history of Easter feasts and why the English breakfast might be medieval
Medieval European history gives us an idea as to how modern Easter feasts in Western culture may have evolved
From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years
More investment is needed in new drainage infrastructure across the city to avoid damage from increasingly frequent storm surges and overflows if …
Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets
The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …
Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line
Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency
‘Gray blanket’ over Australia: Genetics may have aided European rabbit invasion of continent in 1859, says study
Researchers managed to trace the ancestry of Australia’s invasive rabbit population right back to the southwest of England
England may be set to flood at the end of winter — here’s why
Driven by a La Niña event, exacerbated by urban development in areas prone to flooding and the impacts of climate change, the effects …