The Vikings are world-famous for being brave and good warriors. However, scientists recently discovered they also cannot combat the effects of climate change.

Experts have found evidence of large ice sheets and rising sea levels that flooded many Viking settlements in Greenland.

Due to things getting worse and worse, the Vikings left the “motherland” of Greenland in the 15th century

According to research by experts, the Vikings began inhabiting Greenland – an icy island located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans – around 985 AD.

In the following centuries, the Viking population in Greenland increased rapidly. Therefore, this is one of the densely populated and quite developed areas

However, by the 15th century, traces of Viking settlement in Greenland gradually disappeared. For many years, scientists have been trying to find a solution to the disappearance of the Vikings in this land

Research results of experts show that from the 4th to 19th centuries, Europe and North America experienced a colder period than the previous period. Accordingly, a vast ice cover around Greenland is getting bigger and bigger.

In addition, rising sea levels flooded the Viking coastal areas. Experts calculate that, from about 1000 to 1400, sea level rise caused the coastal areas of the Vikings in Greenland to flood up to 5m deep. The area of influence is up to 140 km

Larger storms occur more often. This affects the agricultural and livestock activities of the Viking people

Therefore, climate change is considered by experts to be the main reason why the Vikings left Greenland to find a new land to live.