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Michchamp
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It's not a great story though (link)...
"disruption" = "genocidal conquest and mass murder"
Basically the theory is European-borne diseases killed off so many millions of native Americans, that it lead to natural forests temporarily reclaiming their cleared agricultural land, absorbing more CO2, and leading to a period of cooled climate worldwide.
The team says the disruption that followed European settlement led to a huge swathe of abandoned agricultural land being reclaimed by fast-growing trees and other vegetation.
This pulled down enough carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere to eventually chill the planet.
It's a cooling period often referred to in the history books as the "Little Ice Age" - a time when winters in Europe would see the Thames in London regularly freeze over.
This pulled down enough carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere to eventually chill the planet.
It's a cooling period often referred to in the history books as the "Little Ice Age" - a time when winters in Europe would see the Thames in London regularly freeze over.
"disruption" = "genocidal conquest and mass murder"
Basically the theory is European-borne diseases killed off so many millions of native Americans, that it lead to natural forests temporarily reclaiming their cleared agricultural land, absorbing more CO2, and leading to a period of cooled climate worldwide.