New research has found that ancient Greece may harbor the oldest known evidence of lead pollution. After analyzing sediment ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

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

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy ... Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead ...

The region’s earthquakes are a result of tectonic movement in the Aegean Sea. The deep Hellenic Trench to the south and west ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The ...

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...

The popular Greek holiday island of Santorini is taking emergency measures in response to intense seismic activity.

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