I'm not saying it's wrong. :-) I think it's very likely that the Sri Lanka events had a siginficant impact. There's archaeological remnants of settlements on Greenland at least until 1350, but by then the socielty there were probably well past it's prime. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: Re: Some really neat northern lights photos
> Well, I am will to believe that the information I read was wrong, but I am just > as willing to believe my memory is inaccurate (especially nowadays). > > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > > > Jostein wrote: > > I don't think the Viking settlements on Greenland were abandoned until > > about 1400. It was since about 1350 that the climate grew > > progressively colder in both Greenland and Northern Europe. This trend > > culminated with the "little ice-age" which ended between 1850 and > > 1900. > > > > Recently, there has also been speculation that the downfall of the > > Mayan civilisation was caused by the same events, leading to drought > > in the middle-americas. > > > > Jostein > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:21 PM > > Subject: Re: Some really neat northern lights photos > > > > > > > >>The volcanic eruption in Sri Lanka caused global cooling that caused > > > > Greenland > > > >>to become uninhabitable about 1100 or so. At least that is the > > > > current theory > > > >>(or the latest one I have seen, anyway) > >> > >> > >>graywolf > >>http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >>"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > >>----------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Jon Glass wrote: > >> > >>>On Dec 3, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Herb Chong wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>1) the weather was a lot warmer back then, almost like it is > > > > today, so > > > >>>>Greenland and Vinland really were a lot greener, on the coasts > > > > anyway. > > > >>>>then > >>>>came the Little Ice Age. > >>>> > >>> > >>>You know, I remember learning as a young lad, that Greenland, when > > > > it > > > >>>was named, was first sighted at the one time of year when it is > > > > actually > > > >>>green (those few, rare days in the summer?) and that it was such a > > > > sight > > > >>>to the poor-sea-faring eyes of the discoverers, and looked so > > > > pleasant, > > > >>>that they named it green land, because that was how it looked. > > > > However, > > > >>>only later did they discover the truth. Wasn't the settlement > > > > there > > > >>>eventually abandoned because it was so uninhabitable? > >> > > > > >
