We’re All Gonna Die! Pt. 33
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Energy and the Environment
If Global Warming doesn’t wipe out all life on this miserable little planet first, it might still bring down our great civilization, just like it did Rome:
Climate change seems a factor in the rise and fall of the Roman empire, according to a study of ancient tree growth that urges greater awareness of the risks of global warming in the 21st century.
…Periods of climate instability overlapped with political turmoil, such as during the decline of the Roman empire, and might even have made Europeans vulnerable to the Black Death or help explain migration to America during the chill 17th century.
If only the Romans had listened to Al Gore and abandoned their oil-based economy for a life of low carbon footprints.