Vikings abandoned the Greenland settlement due to sea-level rise, finds study

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Vikings experienced a significant increase in sea level of up to 3.3 meters.

The study has been reported in the journalThe first records of Greenland Vikings date to 985 CE. Archaeological evidence yields insight into how Vikings lived, yet drivers of their disappearance in the 15th century remain enigmatic. Research suggests a combination of environmental and socioeconomic factors, and the climatic shift from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age may have forced them to abandon Greenland.

Counterintuitively, the readvance caused sea-level rise near the ice margin due to increased gravitational attraction toward the ice sheet and crustal subsidence. We estimate ice growth in Southwestern Greenland using geomorphological indicators and lake core data from previous literature.

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