The disappearance of the Vikings - traders, warriors, pirates... Late Stone Age on the Scandinavian peninsula, present-day Nordic region - is still a mystery.

The increasingly cold climate could be the cause of the ext 

could be the cause of the extinction of the Viking community. Illustration

A recent study by scientists at Brown University (USA) suggests that the st patricks day   increasingly cold climate may be the cause of the extinction of this human community in the 14th and 15th centuries.

The Vikings lived in the "Little Ice Age" - a cold period that lasted from the time after the Middle Ages. Cold weather covered the entire region of Greenland in the 1400s. From examining ice samples taken from two lakes at Kangerlussuaq, near inhabited areas of northern Europe, scientists discovered that , these ice samples reflect the lower temperatures during the time the Vikings, as well as the Saqqaq and Dorset peoples, lived.

"This is the first time that the Vaiking area's temperature has been calculated, showing the region's tendency to cool before they disappeared," said geologist Dr. William D'Andrea at Brown University. 

The Vikings arrived in Greenland in the 980s

creating many small communities along the west coast of Greenland. Another group of people known as the "Westerners" also settled along this west coast, but they lived further south of viking hoodie  the island. When communities began to live here, the weather here was quite mild, like the weather of Greenland today.

However, starting around 1100, the temperature dropped by 4 degrees Celsius. This was concluded by scientists after studying ice samples taken from two lakes at Kangerlussuaq. Changing weather patterns make the situation dangerous: short and cold summers shorten farming times, reduce food production, and trade is hampered by growing ice. much. This led to the extinction of the Vikings.

Also according to Dr. D'Andrea, climate was not the only factor leading to the disappearance of the inhabitants of Northern Europe, as other factors such as farming, livestock, trade on the Scandinavian peninsula as well as the relationship alliance with the Inui.