Comments on: Why Did the Mayan Civilization Collapse? Deforestation and Climate Change

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:42:00 +0000

” Coincidentally, trade shifted from overland routes, which crossed the heart of the lowland, to sea-based voyages, moving around the perimeter of the peninsula.”

It seems that this quote is the most likely answer to their demise. Trade routes shifted. This happens all over the earth when new technology or new applications are developed. This isn’t a coincidence, its the immediate cause.

By: BEANNIE

BEANNIE — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:06:26 +0000

hahahahahahahaahahaha!

WOW. You people are insane in the membrane. Everyone knows it was their Ford F250′s that changed the weather patterns and killed them. Like, duh.

hahahahaaha. Liberals. You people need medication.

By: JUJU

JUJU — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:41:46 +0000

…I try to believe, that “others”….Do exist!. The universe is a beautiful force of energy!. It will selfish to think ,that we are the only ones!…”Privilege” living creatures, in the name of
force and space!.~*~.

By: stancy newart

stancy newart — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:23:56 +0000

flush?? so that makes humanity what….excrement? the ever- present eugenics programming has seeped well into your brain, dear nancy. perhaps there are those who would respond that those welcoming a “flush” should take care of themselves first. i, on the contrary believe that even you, nancy are too precious to “flush”…..well maybe a cosmic swirlie of grand spiritual proportions would be in order…..

By: Nancy Stewart

Nancy Stewart — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:37:34 +0000

Why should we fret about mass extinction? Selfish human desires? After all events like the Black Plague, wars, natural disasters, the 1918 flu epidemic, (blah, blah) have been recorded since forever-ville. I, for one, welcome a chance for the earth to “flush”. It gives the Earth and its true natural inhabitants (animals and insects and that of the oceans, like coral reefs)
an opportunity to thrive without intervention. A cynical opinion of mine.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:33:10 +0000

I do think this is a strong theory. I’m honestly surprised it’s news though. I thought it was common knowledge. But doesn’t Teotihuacan have evidence of possible internal uprising? Burned buildings limited to only the elite class. Of course, this could have been caused by drought. People with enough food to eat don’t usually uprise. We wait until it’s uprise or die.

By: Amos

Amos — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:15:57 +0000

This theory makes sense, and has been postulated before.
It may have been only a contributing factor.
Computer models generally only confirm the assumptions built into their structure and data and should *not* be thought of as scientific evidence in the same sense as primary observation.

By: Jonathan Frieman

Jonathan Frieman — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:20:55 +0000

Somewhere out there is an article or perhaps a video, about 12 or 13 years old, which states that Krakatoa exploded during that time period, giving birth to the term “Dark Ages.” The Mayan apocalypse was credited in part to this event.

By: David Morgan

David Morgan — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:57:26 +0000

Dr. Richard Hansen has been talking about this for years.

By: Beocon

Beocon — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:34:53 +0000

“They were no fools” and “withstood at least two long-term episodes of aridity.” It would seem some other stress, perhaps economic, was also in play during this last period of drought.

By: Marl

Marl — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:39:25 +0000

This general theory has been postulated for a long time – Diamond did not come up with it, but merely popularized it.

Interesting that we now have some hard data to back it up though.

Deforestation, environmental degradation and then collapse seems to be a recurring theme that we should take serious note of.

By: Scott Holman

Scott Holman — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:38:29 +0000

“What is enough?… Just a little bit more.”

By: Todd Akin

Todd Akin — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:01:02 +0000

Its amazing how slow changes caused the entire civilization to break. Its almost as if they reached a tipping point. I really like the pyramids they built, so amazing.

By: Rick Bein

Rick Bein — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:23:36 +0000

Fastinating summary
i will use this in my classes that I teach