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600 years ago, driving the Vikings out of Greenland. Those damned Vikings and their planes, trains, automobiles and industrialization polluting our planet.
The Vikings are remembered as fierce fighters, but even these mighty warriors were no match for climate change. Scientists recently found that ice sheet growth and sea level rise led to massive coastal flooding that inundated Norse farms and ultimately drove the Vikings out of Greenland in the 15th century.
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The Vikings are remembered as fierce fighters, but even these mighty warriors were no match for climate change. Scientists recently found that ice sheet growth and sea level rise led to massive coastal flooding that inundated Norse farms and ultimately drove the Vikings out of Greenland in the 15th century.
Epic 11-foot-tall sea level rise drove Vikings out of Greenland
Climate change that led to sea level rise and severe coastal flooding could explain why the Vikings abandoned their Greenland settlements.