Comments on: Mayan Tree Chopping May Have Worsened Droughts, and Contributed to The Civilization's Demise http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/22/mayan-tree-chopping-may-have-worsened-droughts-and-contributed-to-the-civilizations-demise/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steve McGill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/22/mayan-tree-chopping-may-have-worsened-droughts-and-contributed-to-the-civilizations-demise/#comment-34029 Steve McGill Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:31:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39384#comment-34029 "Ain't Livin' Long Like This"- Rodney Crowell “Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This”- Rodney Crowell

]]> By: Su http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/22/mayan-tree-chopping-may-have-worsened-droughts-and-contributed-to-the-civilizations-demise/#comment-34028 Su Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:10:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39384#comment-34028 We are also concreting over the last of the aquafer in my are of Florida and the Moronic Army Corps of Engineers thinks we can reduce the levels of our rivers by 15% with only "minor" damage to the ecosystem. I am going to get solar power concrete in my well and start a garden on the small amount of land not planted by fruit trees, or the 1,000+ trees I surrounded myself by. I did my part to save the earth. We are also concreting over the last of the aquafer in my are of Florida and the Moronic Army Corps of Engineers thinks we can reduce the levels of our rivers by 15% with only “minor” damage to the ecosystem.

I am going to get solar power concrete in my well and start a garden on the small amount of land not planted by fruit trees, or the 1,000+ trees I surrounded myself by. I did my part to save the earth.

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Not likely. Yucatan was only a marginally populated peninsula, and still is.

]]> By: cheyenne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/22/mayan-tree-chopping-may-have-worsened-droughts-and-contributed-to-the-civilizations-demise/#comment-34026 cheyenne Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:03:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39384#comment-34026 Hello....we have deforested a far larger area than the Mayans. Further climate disruption is inevitable, and wildfires caused by drought will destroy even more forest. Goodbye civilization! Goodbye to mammals of every shape over 50 pounds. Goodbye... Hello….we have deforested a far larger area than the Mayans. Further climate disruption is inevitable, and wildfires caused by drought will destroy even more forest. Goodbye civilization! Goodbye to mammals of every shape over 50 pounds. Goodbye…

]]> By: Old Geezer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/22/mayan-tree-chopping-may-have-worsened-droughts-and-contributed-to-the-civilizations-demise/#comment-34025 Old Geezer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:09:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39384#comment-34025 So much for "...the rain will follow the plow..." ravings of the 19th century land promoters enticing settlers to the American Plains. So much for “…the rain will follow the plow…” ravings of the 19th century land promoters enticing settlers to the American Plains.

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