Portugal is the country in Europe where the death rate in winter and summer has the highest correlation with outdoor temperatures. The Portuguese National Institute of Public Health Ricardo Jorge has developed a national warning system for heat waves called ICARO, which has been in place since 1999 (and is the oldest in Europe). However, it presents some limitations, namely, the low spatial resolution (five reg...
The skeleton of a human being buried over 1000 years ago, in the medieval archaeological site of Torre Velha, in north-eastern Portugal, was referred to us for analysis and investigation