Severe Drought May Have Helped Hasten Ancient Maya’s Collapse - Chemical signatures from sediments in lake cores reveal that the centuries-long drought during the fall of Classic Maya civilization was worse than researchers had imagined.

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Severe Drought May Have Helped Hasten Ancient Maya’s Collapse - Chemical signatures from sediments in lake cores reveal that the centuries-long drought during the fall of Classic Maya civilization was worse than researchers had imagined.