European slaughter of Native Americans changed the climate, study says - CNN
▻https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/01/world/european-colonization-climate-change-trnd/index.html
But by combining archaeological evidence, historical data and analysis of carbon found in Antarctic ice, the UCL researchers showed how the reforestation — directly caused by the Europeans’ arrival — was a key component of the global chill, they said.
“For once, we’ve been able to balance all the boxes and realize that the only way the Little Ice Age was so intense is ... because of the genocide of millions of people,” Maslin told CNN.
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