The Group of International Scientists from Canada, Great Britain and China concluded that the mini -glacial period in the VI century has become a factor that made the collapse of the already weakened Western Roman Empire inevitable. This is shown by evidence of the disaster in Iceland. The study was published scientifically magazine Geology.
According to experts, between the ages of 536 and 547, three major explosion atmosphere filled the atmosphere as Pereto and prevented sunlight for several centuries. The temperature fell several degrees, which led to European -wide crop faults and hunger. Byzantine historian Procopius Caesarea described it as a great period of fear when the sun “lost its brightness”.
The main proof of this disaster was discovered on the west coast of Iceland. The researchers found granite stones brought by the icebergs from Greenland – 285 km.
“This witnesses an unusual intense ice shift at that time, at that time, the leading writer of Christopher Spencer’s work of Christopher Spencer in Canada.
Although the Western Roman Empire officially prevented it from existence in 476, the climate crisis prevented it from being able to revive.
The study emphasizes the fragility of complex societies before climate changes. According to the authors, understanding the mechanisms of past disasters helps to predict the consequences of global warming for modern civilization.
Previously, scientists learnedThe occupation of the British barbarians in the 4th century AD was caused by a strong drought.
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Source: Gazeta
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