Maya Collapse Tied To Drought, Deforestation

Scientists have found that drought played a key role, but the Mayans appear to have exacerbated the problem by cutting down the jungle canopy to make way for cities and crops, according to researchers who used climate-model simulations to see how much deforestation aggravated the drought. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 23, 2012

This historical investigation has interesting parallels to our present civilization and deforestation.

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