Another possible cause of the death of the Mayan civilization is named. Hurricanes in the Caribbean became more frequent, and their severity changed markedly around the same time that classical Mayan culture in Central America was in its final decline. Scientists have made these and other conclusions after studying the climate archive, created under the guidance of geologists from the Goethe University. The research is presented in an article in Scientific Reports. Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic – hurricanes – pose a serious threat to the lives and property of local people in the Caribbean and neighboring regions in the southeastern United States. The increasing force of storms, described in the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC Report), increases the likelihood of environmental and social disasters. The reason is that it is these cyclones that have caused devastating damage over the past 20 years. The problem is that the climate models that are currently in use and could help better assess the hazard, however, are based on data that do not have spatial and temporal depth.
