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Supposedly when Europeans (the later arrivals not Vikings) showed up and disease spread killing many First Nations/Native Americans it caused a dramatic environ

Supposedly when Europeans (the later arrivals not Vikings) showed up and disease spread killing many First Nations/Native Americans it caused a dramatic environmental shift. As forests took over the former areas where the first peoples of the Americas lived trees sucked up a lot of CO2 causing the mini ice age in Europe. Interesting if true, yet of course very sad as well but if true that pretty incredible to think of such a connection.

facepalm 11y ago
That must be a joke?
- datenwolf 11y ago
  No it's not. The little ice-age is a well documented period of time of below average temperatures at the end/after the medival ages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age There's still a lot of speculation going on, what caused it, because the explanation for the "Big" ice ages (the periodic tilting of the Earth's axis reaching a position that gives to a colder climate) doesn't fit. So there are a lot of possible explanations. From archeological evidence we know that in the timeframe before the little ice-age begain large parts of the North American population fell victim to disease and/or famine, so one proposed model is, that the regrowth of forrests on (fertile) ground left unmanaged by the decreasing population sucked out a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere.
hcarvalhoalves 11y ago
> As forests took over the former areas where the first peoples of the Americas lived trees sucked up a lot of CO2 causing the mini ice age in Europe. If you want to account for CO2, should consider native americans (north to south) used the slash-and-burn technique.
wusher 11y ago
The little ice age started before Europeans showed up: > "cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300, followed by "a substantial intensification" from 1430 to 1455" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Dating

facepalm 11y ago

That must be a joke?

datenwolf 11y ago
No it's not. The little ice-age is a well documented period of time of below average temperatures at the end/after the medival ages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age There's still a lot of speculation going on, what caused it, because the explanation for the "Big" ice ages (the periodic tilting of the Earth's axis reaching a position that gives to a colder climate) doesn't fit. So there are a lot of possible explanations. From archeological evidence we know that in the timeframe before the little ice-age begain large parts of the North American population fell victim to disease and/or famine, so one proposed model is, that the regrowth of forrests on (fertile) ground left unmanaged by the decreasing population sucked out a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere.

hcarvalhoalves 11y ago

> As forests took over the former areas where the first peoples of the Americas lived trees sucked up a lot of CO2 causing the mini ice age in Europe. If you want to account for CO2, should consider native americans (north to south) used the slash-and-burn technique.

wusher 11y ago

The little ice age started before Europeans showed up: > "cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300, followed by "a substantial intensification" from 1430 to 1455" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Dating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age#Dating