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$78K Fed Study: Did 'Climate Change' Cause Decline of the Mayan Civilization?
2013-08-08 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox Nation: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is giving nearly $78,000 of taxpayer funds to the Trustees of Boston University to study whether "climate change" was a primary cause for the decline of the Mayan civilization in Guatemala between 1000 BC and 900 AD. According to the grant abstract, "the study will provide a detailed record of human occupation and environmental change" in the Maya Biosphere Reserve forest of northeastern Guatemala. This lowland area was where the Maya settled in pre-Columbian...
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