Mayan civilization was able to change the Earth’s climate – RSUTE

A team of US scientists from the University of Texas at Austin, suggests that the ancient Mayan civilization of its vital activity could have a decisive impact on climate change in the region of residence, writes comandir.com.

Archaeologists from the University of Texas conducted a study and found out that the Maya may have been involved in the climate change in the United States, reported by the publication of The Epoch Times.

The study conducted team of archaeologists from the University of Texas located in Austin. They named the reasons for which the Maya, in their view, influenced by climate change. According to scientists, the impact on the ecosystem have a huge mass felling of trees and the draining of wetlands. Recent studies have shown that Native Americans were doing it very skillfully.

The people of Mayan masterovitym and was actively engaged in ennobling their wild life. Indians engaged in deforestation, draining of wetlands, which could have an impact on the ecosystem of the planet. In addition, this civilization used on the farm mercury and phosphorus, which could cause active algal blooms. Ancient people creating artificial ponds that eventually transformed into swamps and survived to this day.

akzhe Indians used fertilizer. But this is a unique system created by the inhabitants of America, and could provoke the death of the Maya, as these radioisotope found that about four centuries in places inhabited by the Maya after flowering of civilization, there was a drought, which could occur due to human actions.
> Also, algal blooms could have happened due to the fact that the Indians fertilized soil, thus increasing the content therein phosphorus.

In addition, archaeologists have found that many of the surviving still waters, turned with time in the marshes, it has been created by man. Perhaps the Mayans used them to grow crops, particularly maize. The Indians also used fertilizers and increase the soil phosphorus levels could cause an active algal blooms.

Scientists note that the Maya created a unique system of agriculture, and modern man could learn a lot from them. However, this system can destroy them. Radioisotope data showed that after the heyday of the Maya civilization nearly four centuries in their territories reigned drought. Researchers believe that it was provoked by the actions of a person.

«Many aspects of the Maya had a negative effect on the environment. For example, the frequent use of harmful substances – mercury and phosphorus – could provoke a particularly active algal blooms “- write the researchers.

The death of the Maya civilization – the most advanced civilization in Central America, which existed more than 2,000 years – until It is still considered one of the most interesting mysteries of history. Studies of the chemical composition of stalagmites in the cave of Yok Balum, Belize, conducted in 2012, suggest that the reason for the decline – in the regional climate change.