#MexicanHistory
#SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
#ClimateChange

(14/n)

...the #LittleIceAge?👈
And was that a result of “natural forces” or because of the “large-scale #depopulation of the Americas after European arrival, subsequent land use change and secondary succession...”?!?

The authors say their study shows that the “global carbon budget of...

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#MexicanHistory
#SpanishConquest of the #AztecEmpire
#ClimateChange

(13/n)

...However, save the best for last:

For this, we have to go back to the original research paper 1):

"The paper explores a big question:

👉Did the invasion and #depopulation of the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries result in the decline in temperatures,...

1)
https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2019/02/13/how-colonization-of-the-americas-killed-90-percent-of-their-indigenous-people-and-changed-the-climate

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