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Climate change and drought impacts on stability

Overview

Research from Stockholm University indicates that extreme droughts in the eastern Mediterranean during the late Bronze Age, driven by natural climate cycles and a weakening African monsoon, contributed to the collapse of the Mycenaean, Minoan, and Hittite empires.

Building on these historical findings, contemporary warnings highlight that climate change and water scarcity continue to threaten agricultural stability. Lena Ila-Mononen, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, has cautioned that extreme heat and drought may render parts of Europe unsuitable for agriculture, noting recent impacts in Ukraine and Hungary. In the Mediterranean, dwindling water supplies may make intensive irrigation unfeasible, threatening food security and infrastructure across the continent.

Entities

Mycenaean civilization · Hittite Empire · Minoan civilization · Lena Ila-Mononen · European Environment Agency

Timeline

  1. 11 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Climate change and drought threaten agricultural stability

    Experts warn that climate-driven droughts and water scarcity threaten modern European agriculture and mirror the environmental factors that contributed to the historical collapse of Bronze Age civilizations.

  2. 18 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources
    Stockholm University study links ancient droughts to Bronze Age collapses

    Stockholm University researchers link ancient Mediterranean droughts to Bronze Age societal collapses, while new studies warn of the Baltic Sea's inability to recover from overfishing and eutrophication.

Sources

6yka.com · bors-nliv.svd.se · family.se · fight.org · forskning.se · n1info.rs