Mayan waste

1989/12/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Historia

Acid rain is rapidly destroying the remains of the Maia civilization. Pollutants from oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico are polishing the spectacular artwork of the Yukatan Peninsula.

Temples, palaces and other monuments a. C. 250 and d.C. They were built between the 900's, when the Mayan civilization was at the top. At that time, the Maya now had the territories that are southern Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

The sulfur and nitrogen oxides that attack these old stones have their origin in the oil areas of Koatzakoalkos and Ciudad del Carmen, controlled by Mexican holly.

Scientists estimate that the rock loses a 1 mm layer every twelve years.