Science news articles about 'european settlers'

... . This cools climate and also helps to mitigate global warming." While even the earliest European settlers in North America recognized that the downing of forests affected local climates, the global ...

... because the local fruit lasted through winter and enhanced the flavor of gamy meat. The settlers had picked up on the berry's culinary potential from Native Americans, who survived cold winters by ...

... developing sustainable practices--innovating, experimenting, trying to adapt to a risky environment--and they would still be here today if it weren't for the diseases introduced by European settlers.

... little-studied aspects of that history – the story of American Indians following contact with European settlers, and the life of "middling class" tenant farmers in the 18th and early 19th centuries.