He plans to make a sacred altar for the Maya rain god, Cháak, in the hope that the lightning-wielding deity will nourish his crops and alleviate his village from extreme drought. He stops in his ...

However the theory of prolonged extreme drought has been gaining ground among the scientific community in recent years regarding the Mayan demise. Now, further evidence has emerged to support the ...

The study published by scientists in the journal "Science" revealed a global increase in the number and severity of multi-year droughts from 1980 to 2018. The main cause is climate change, which is ...