The advanced technologies of the ancient Mayan civilization changed the climate
A group of researchers from the University of Austin found that the ancient Mayan civilization was involved in climate change in America, reports the American edition of The Epoch Times. Scientists argue that the massive deforestation and the drying up of swamps were the cause of serious climate change. American archaeologists have found that the Maya were very successful in this. They have learned to form a unique agricultural system that modern farmers still need to learn.
Researchers found that most of the water bodies that have survived to this day, which eventually became swamps, were not formed without human participation. Maya used them for growing crops. In addition, the Maya used fertilizers, but this unique system, built by the ancient farmers of America, could have provoked the death of the Maya, since the radioisotope data revealed that for about four centuries in the places where the Maya lived after the heyday of civilization, there was a drought that could occur from for human actions.
Algae bloom could happen due to the fact that the Indians fertilized the soil, thus increasing the phosphorus content in it. The death of the Maya civilization - the most developed civilization in Central America, which existed for more than 2000 years - is still considered one of the most interesting mysteries of history.
Studies of the chemical composition of stalagmites in Yok Balum Cave, Belize, conducted in 2012, suggested that regional climate change was responsible for the decline.