A new study found some Viking settlements experienced up to 10.8 feet of sea level rise over four centuries.
points to a key factor that may have prompted Vikings to flee their settlements: rising seas and subsequent flooding. The waters around some settlements may have risen by more than 10 feet over four centuries.
The new findings show some settlements experienced up to 10.8 feet of sea level rise during the Vikings’ residence — what Borreggine believes is one of the study’s most surprising findings. That’s about two to six times the rate of the 20th-century average. About 79 square miles flooded, about 1½ times the size of San Francisco.About 75 percent of Viking sites were within roughly 3,000 feet of an area of flooding, the study found. Many ruins can be seen in the region today.
Local sea levels can change for a number of reasons, Alley said. In this particular case, he pointed to two influencing factors. Archaeologist Tom McGovern, who was not involved in the research, said the study is very interesting and confirms earlier work suggesting that significant sea level rise affected seaside pastures.“I think this can be added to the long list of ‘perfect storm’ impacts that affected Norse Greenland after about 1280 or so,” McGovern, a professor at the City University of New York, said in an email.
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