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For years, researchers have sought to understand why Vikings abandoned one of their settlements in Greenland after centuries of success. While some experts have suggested that dropping temperatures may have been the cause, new research suggests the cold wasn’t a factor.
©From Isla CastañedaA stunning fjord view is shown, as seen from southern Greenland.
Instead, the Vikings faced a new adversary they couldn’t defeat: drought.
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A study detailing the findings published Wednesday in the journalScience Advances.
The colder temperature hypothesis has persisted for years because of something called the Little Ice Age that occurred between 1300 and 1850, when cooling temperatures persisted in the North Atlantic region.
The Vikings established their settlement, known as the Eastern Settlement, in southern Greenland in 985. They…
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