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- Title
Deep solar activity minima, sharp climate changes, and their impact on ancient civilizations.
- Authors
Raspopov, O. M.; Dergachev, V. A.; Zaitseva, G. I.; Ogurtsov, M. G.
- Abstract
It is shown that, over the past ∼10000 years (the Holocene), deep Maunder type solar minima have been accompanied by sharp climate changes. These minima occurred every 2300–2400 years. It has been established experimentally that, at ca 4.0 ka BP, there occurred a global change in the structure of atmospheric circulation, which coincided in time with the discharge of glacial masses from Greenland to North Atlantic and a solar activity minimum. The climate changes that took place at ca 4.0 ka BP and the deep solar activity minimum that occurred at ca 2.5 ka BP affected the development of human society, leading to the degradation and destruction of a number of ancient civilizations.
- Subjects
EFFECT of solar activity on climate change; CLIMATE change; MAUNDER minimum (Solar cycle); SOLAR activity; HISTORY
- Publication
Geomagnetism & Aeronomy, 2013, Vol 53, Issue 7, p917
- ISSN
0016-7932
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0016793213080227