An ancient lake holds secrets to the Mayan civilization’s mysterious collapse, study finds

[rangerrebew]

An ancient lake holds secrets to the Mayan civilization’s mysterious collapse, study finds

The Mayan empire, exceptionally advanced for its time, collapsed in just a few hundred years. (Mark  Brenner/University of Florida)
by Kate Furby August 2
The sediment under a lake in Mexico contains some of the long-sought answers to the mystery of the Mayan demise.

Ancient Mayans, primarily concentrated in what is now the Yucatan Peninsula, were among the most advanced civilizations of their time. Mayans were some of the first to build cities. They used astronomy to advance agricultural production, and they created calendars and used advanced mathematics. But despite all of their progress, the Mayan empire, built over thousands of years, may have crumbled in just a few hundred.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/02/an-ancient-lake-holds-secrets-to-the-mayan-civilizations-mysterious-collapse-study-finds/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dd6a1c05c7bc

[XenaLee]

Okay.... this is probably one of THE stupidest articles I've read about "climate change"...lol.

Case in point....

there was no "human activity" (ie carbon footprints, fossil fuels pollution, etc.) back during the Mayan era.   So, they're blaming a drought for the downfall of that civilization... and then go on to blame humans.  It's idiotic.

“Humans are affecting climate. We’re making it warmer and it’s projected to become drier in Central America,” Lachniet said. “What we could end up with is double-whammy of drought. If you coincide drying from natural causes with drying from human causes, then it amplifies the strength of that drought.”

So, if humans could cause "droughts"... how, exactly did they cause it back then?  To even hint that humans could cause droughts, much less prevent droughts, is insane and inane "thinking".  Such typical arrogance and ignorance coming from these enviro-wackos.  It never fails to amuse (and annoy).

“Drought does have the potential to be a driving force for a lot of the issues that can cause civilization stress,” Evans said. He noted, though, that today’s globalized economy and modern technology have the potential to prevent a Mayan-style, world-ending drought. Probably.

I'll give them credit for at least mentioning the real causes, however.... even though they didn't seem to consider how short-sighted it is to blame humans for what "mother nature" causes on earth.

The drought coincides with the beginning of the Medieval Warm Period, thought to have been caused by a decrease in volcanic ash in the atmosphere and an increase in solar activity.

Psst..... hey, enviro-wackos.... we are still experiencing volcanic ash in the atmosphere AND increases in solar activity.... daily, in fact.  (duh)