Does climate change explain the fall of the Roman Empire?

Washington Post: Professional and amateur historians have offered thousands of explanations for the fall of the Roman Empire. It was barbarians. It was Christianity. It was lead poisoning. It was "decadence" (in some circles understood as "homosexuality"). How many of these factors were really causal and how many are merely the imposition of contemporary agendas on ancient events (chemicals in food, the culture wars, etc.) is always a matter of dispute. Now a group of scientists is adding another explanation for......

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