Apparently climate change is not just a problem of modern civilization. Some scientists claim climate change is responsible for the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Researchers using tree-ring growth to study the impact of climate instability pattern. The results of the study seemed to be attributable to several historical events, including the fall of the Roman Empire and the 30 Years War.
Ulf Buntgen from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, who co-authored research report claimed, “If we back 2,500 years, there are examples that the climate change impact on human history.”
In this study researchers reconstruct the climatic history of Europe during the summer of 2500 years using wooden artifacts. The study results are based on measurements of tree rings from the sample tree of life in Germany, France, Italy and Austria.
In a good season, where water and nutrients are abundant, the trees formed a wide circle pattern. But contrary to the conditions that are not too good, a circle that is created is much more tightly to one another. » Read more: Climate Change Causes Fall of the Roman Empire