![]() Likewise, we all know that the Easter Islanders chopped down all the palm trees on their small, isolated island to clear farmland for their ever-growing population and to move their characteristic moai statues, not realising that they were eroding their landscape, reducing their food production, and ultimately cutting themselves off from the bounty of the sea – and the possibility of escape. The jungle reclaimed the cities with their palaces and pyramids until they were rediscovered in the 19th century by intrepid explorers. In the end, the food and water ran out – and they died,’ wrote Richardson Gill in 2007. ‘There was nothing they could do or could have done. ![]() Several periods of extreme drought withered their crops and killed off thousands in their overpopulated cities. ![]() There’s a common story of how the Maya civilisation was wiped out: they fell foul of unstoppable climate change. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |