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Misreading the story of climate change and the Maya

  • Written by Kenneth Seligson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Stucco frieze from Placeres, Campeche, Mexico, Early Classic period, c. 250-600 AD.Wolfgang Sauber/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Carbon dioxide concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere have reached 415 parts per million – a level that last occurred more than three million years ago, long before the evolution of humans. This news adds to growing...

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