Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated ...

Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

Learn more about the earliest evidence of human-caused contamination from lead, found in the ancient Aegean.

Lead pollution started peaking when the Romans took over the Aegean coastline.

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with ...

Behind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters ...

On Europe's role in establishing peace in Ukraine, Donald Trump's peace plans, the possibility of freezing the war, lifting ...

Indie rock band Editors called on Theresa May to do more to help Syrian and Afghan refugees after visiting camps in Greece. Lead singer Tom Smith said: “The vast majority of refugees are being ...