Few things grip the human imagination quite like a civilization that was once great - building cities, writing laws, trading ...

New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland ...

When you think about climate disasters, your mind probably goes to hurricanes or wildfires. Maybe you picture melting ice caps. Thing is, climate catastrophes have been wiping civilizations off the ...

The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Before the 1970s, ancient Maya history was impenetrable. The civilization’s grand ceremonial buildings and ...

(via Weathered) In this episode of Weathered, host Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher Luke Kemp and strategic climate risk expert Laurie Laybourn about why high-end warming ...