ScienceThe climate disaster behind The Odyssey

New research links the Bronze Age collapse to severe water scarcity caused by a long-term weakening of the West African monsoon, intensified by natural Atlantic climate cycles. Scientists say the resulting drought may have contributed to migration, conflict and political collapse, while warning that today’s human-driven warming could make drought an even greater threat to society.

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