# Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.

> Most likely: Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.

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# Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.

Climate change was regionally variable; some areas were not in drought when they collapsed.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Local records disagree in sign at the time of destruction.

## What would rule it out

- All high-resolution local records showing drought at the destructions.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Pylos was generally wetter at the destruction, with drying afterwards.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/evidence/EVD0D4652EJ0C7H/pylos-was-generally-wetter-at-the-destruction-with-drying)

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## The questions it answers

[How severe and how widespread was the climate change around 1200 BC?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464NRA16TQ/how-severe-and-how-widespread-was-the-climate-change-around)

Part of [What was the principal cause of the end of the Late Bronze Age palace system in the eastern Mediterranean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/bronze-age-collapse/questions/QST0D464MS26SDY/what-was-the-principal-cause-of-the-end-of-the-late-bronze)

Most likelyA regional shift to drier, cooler conditions lasting about three centuries

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