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Tag archive for ‘Mongol invasion’

  • Genghis Khan was good for the environment

    An interesting article I stumbled on: Mongols, Vikings, and Romans Connected to Climate from the Discovery Channel, citing a paper in The Holocene, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Apparently wide scale elimination of cities or populations reduces the amount of farmland, meaning that the land reverts back to forest land. Forests absorb more carbon dioxide than […]