A change in climate may have triggered the decline and collapse of the Mayan city of Mayapán in the 15th century.
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Science has made a strong case for the year 536 as being one of the worst in human history, a year punctuated by volcanic eruptions, drought, famine and plague - and a year long winter.
Greenland’s conditions were once similar to those of a greenhouse. Volcanoes swelled the land, constricted seaways and gigatonnes of greenhouse gases were released into the atmosphere.
Future extremes from the Indian Ocean will be acting on top of global warming, giving a double whammy effect, like the record-breaking heat and drought we saw in 2019.
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Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
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Senior scientist, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
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Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
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Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
