Posted on 03/26/2022 6:47:49 AM PDT by dennisw
For the better part of four centuries, Greenland's southern coast defined the westernmost edge of Viking occupation.
Seduced by visions of verdant hills and fertile ground, in the late 10th century waves of Norse migrants set sail in hopes of an easier life abroad. At its peak, the colony's population numbered in the thousands, spread out across three major settlements.
And then it ended. No word of hardship. No record of struggle. By the middle of the 15th century, the Norse experiment in Greenland was a bust.
New research suggests we might have had it all wrong about the prime cause of the collapse, shifting the focus from extreme cold to extreme drought.
Historians have speculated that the cause of the colony's collapse could have been anything from sudden violence at the hands of an invading culture to a gradual decline in birth rates, to hardship brought on by a changing climate.
There's little doubt that a variety of factors were at work, but the consensus has tended to see one as critical – an enduring drop in temperatures referred to as the Little Ice Age.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
The after-effects of Black Death. When word came back that huge labor shortages led to increased pay, economic opportunity and new social constructs, they returned, rather than enduring a sucky life.
1/5 of all Hondurans and El Salvadorians live in the US. It would be 100% if it were legal. It’s not rocket science.
Nothing but snow, ice and rocks for 8 months of the year and rocks for the other four. I wouldn’t stick around there either.....
Lack of Women
New research suggests we might have had it all wrong about the prime cause of the collapse, shifting the focus from extreme cold to extreme drought.
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Any northerner can tell you that snow doesn’t fall when it gets very cold. Greenland teeters on the cusp of being too cold to snow. The premise of this conclusion is wrong. A Greenland drought would have been brought on by falling temperatures.
“Blubber for dinner again?! All we ever eat is blubber!”
I'm sure at some point the ruins of Pompeii will indicate sudden, severe, and irreversible climate change killed the city.
Putins other child.
Global Cooling froze the wine crop.
We do know that Earth’s climate drastically changed around 10,800 BC. Everything else since then has either been so minor that it makes no real difference or is the product of overactive imaginations.
No Greenland Bay Packers then?
Because it was a major drag, that’s why.
“too much to bare.”
If only they’d written that in the first place, I could have skipped the whole thing.
The illiteracy disclosure should be near the top.
We know from “science” that the climate doesn’t just change on it’s own. So this must be wrong.
Sarcasm
>>>>the hardiest Vikings would find years of drought just too much to bare...
I imagine the winters made it difficult to “bare”, the drought would only be difficult to “bear”. I guess MSDNC doesn’t have proofreaders...
I have read one theory about recurring instances of the Plague in Northern Europe and wars cut off trade headed to Greenland causing the collapse.
Someone or some entity is funding a lot of “research” that spins any past change in human behavior and blames climate change
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That “someone” would be the US taxpayer.
They couldn’t stand eating rotten shark?
“Lack of Women”
that would of been easy to resolve given Viking methods of courtship. Just go to Ireland and carry off some fine ladies.
Good warning. Thanks for posting.
LOL, they left it for Andrew Zimmern!
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