Scientists simulate the climate of Tolkien's Middle Earth

Scientists simulate the climate of Tolkien's Middle Earth: "Scientists simulate the climate of Tolkien's Middle Earth

The results show that The Shire, where the hobbit Bilbo Baggins lived before he was whisked away on his unexpected adventure described in The Hobbit, had a climate very similar to that of Lincolnshire and Leicestershire in the UK. However, Mordor, the land of the evil Sauron, had a climate similar to that of Los Angeles and western Texas."

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