Ancient trash mounds suggest climate change could have hastened fall of part of Byzantine Empire
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Israel has found evidence that suggests rapid climate change might have been a factor in the fall of part of the Byzantine Empire. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study of trash mounds outside the boundaries of the ancient settlement of Elusa and what they found.