[Aztlan] MAYA MAY HAVE INDUCED DROUGHTS AND THE DOWNFALL OF MAYA CIVILIZATION

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Researchers from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,  
Alabama working with new satellite data have found that self induced  
drought and climate change may have caused the fall of the Maya  
civilization. The reason may be the way in which the Maya encircled  
the bajos or seasonal wetlands alongside of slash and burn  
agriculture on a large scale. This induced local drought and caused  
warming which reduced rainfall.
National Geographic has the story here;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080229-servir-maya.html



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