'Great Dying' of Indigenous peoples during colonization of America caused Earth's climate to change

[jpak]

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-great-dying-colonization-climate-change-20190131-story.html

The “Great Dying” of Indigenous people during the 15th century colonization of America caused the Earth’s climate to change, a recent study says.

The study, from a team of scientists at the University College London, was published on the science and medicine research database Science Direct. Research showed that the number of indigenous people that died impacted the Earth’s climate and caused it to cool prior to the Industrial Revolution.

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According to the study, the number of indigenous people that died caused agricultural activity to be reduced, leading to a “secondary succession” of land.

Secondary succession occurs when “a previously occupied area is re-colonized” after a “disturbance that kills much or all of its community,” according to Khan Academy. This means land areas being used by Native Americans for agriculture, among other uses, would have been able to naturally grow back.

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[democratisphere]

1. The Great Spirit payback is and will be a bitch.

[ariadne0614]

2. +1

It’s not smart to think you can fool Mother Nature.

[enough]

3. Will it take another Great Dying of humanity to bring about another cooling?

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This land use change (LUC) and increase in naturally-growing plant species would have caused an increase in carbon intake — removing carbon from the Earth’s atmosphere and cooling the planet, the study concluded.

[riversedge]

4. ..widespread epidemics, along with warfare, famine and slavery killed off an estimated 54.5 million

While the exact population can be difficult to pinpoint, the study estimates the Native American population “pre-contact” with the Europeans at 60.5 million people.

When Europeans began to colonize America at the end of the 15th century, they brought diseases including smallpox, typhus, measles, influenza, and diphtheria that the Native Americans living there had never before encountered, according to New World Encyclopedia.

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The widespread epidemics, along with warfare, famine and slavery killed off an estimated 54.5 million people — approximately 90% of the indigenous population. This widespread death of the Native American people has become known as the “Great Dying.”

According to the study, the number of indigenous people that died caused agricultural activity to be reduced, leading to a “secondary succession” of land.
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[violetpastille]

5. K & R

We are all connected.

[2naSalit]

6. There will be great depopulation events in our near future.

No question about it.

Karma.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Very deepening information to discover. My God. So glad you have found this, jpak. Thank you. n/t