Few things grip the human imagination quite like a civilization that was once great - building cities, writing laws, trading across continents - and then simply disappeared. Not conquered, not ...

New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again. From ...

The collapse of civilizations : 1177 BC -- Of arms and the man : the fifteenth century BC -- An (Aegean) affair to remember : the fourteenth century BC -- Fighting for gods and country : the ...

Weathered investigates why civilizations collapse during climate shocks—and how we can avoid it. History shows some civilizations survived climate shocks while others collapsed. In this episode of ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

(via Weathered) In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn about why high-end warming ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper in Communications Earth & Environment ...

The Davis Friends Meeting (Quakers) will show the film “Collapse” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at 345 L St. All are welcome to the free screening. The film asks a very serious question whether our modern, ...

While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline." Now that he's president, the left agrees. "We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire," says ...