‘Science Alert’: Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapses Into Pile of Rubble —  Destruction ‘driven by human-caused climate change’ or because the gods were ‘displeased’

https://www.sciencealert.com/bad-omen-ancient-pyramid-in-mexico-collapses-into-pile-of-rubble

By Carly Cassella

Exceept: Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm’s way.

A precious stone pyramid in Mexico is the latest to succumb to an increasingly chaotic global climate. On the night of July 29, the 15-meter-high (roughly 50-foot-high) square monument located in the state of Michoacán suddenly slumped under the pressure of incessant rain, its south wall crumbling into a pile of rubble.

Extreme weather and rising seas, driven by human-caused climate change, are proving to be a serious nuisance for important sites of bygone cultures.

Recently, archaeologists found that ancient cave paintings in oceania are deteriorating with accelerating climate changes.

Watching them collapse from a climate that has been drastically altered by our own behavior is disgusting to watch, and not just for immortals.

Alvarez said that before the arrival of foreign conquerors in Mexico, something similar happened, and it was because the gods were “displeased”.

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