scientists have determined that the reason the Mayans disappeared after building a large stable civilization was they deforested too much of their land causing less water to evaporate to form clouds causing a drought that destroyed all their crops and they starved as their civilization collapsed. worst part, they knew what was happening. they absolutely knew they were causing it and kept doing it anyway. sound familiar?
They had understanding of meteorology?
I do know they had a profound understanding of mathematics and astronomy, but this is news to me that they possessed the intricate modern instruments (which are still vastly wrong) on top of this...
You need to track a multitude of variables, that must be measured by multitude of instruments, to predict the weather. At this point we are "good" at this, I have a tough time understanding how they achieved this without proof. 🤔
@Expecting_Words @voltronic @White_Rabbit well, they were a wholly agricultural society and used their calendars to predict seasons of rainfall. they had no rivers so rain was their only water source
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.618453/full
@voltronic @White_Rabbit @Iceman_Bob 🤔