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Penn State: The Vikings Abandoned Greenland Due in Part to Sea-Level Rise, Study Finds
April 19, 2023
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 19 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on April 18, 2023:

Why did the Vikings disappear from Greenland 400 years after settling there? New research led by Harvard University and Penn State using geologic and climate records found that sea-level rise likely contributed to the Viking's disappearance from the island in the 15th century.

"Sea-level change is an integral, missing element of the Viking . . .

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