Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel, "Histoire et Climat"
An early example of French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie’s work on the impact of climate change on human history.
An early example of French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie’s work on the impact of climate change on human history.
Minstrels (or waits) in the 15th century Port of Sandwich walked the streets at night and woke mariners with information about wind directions…
The science of palynology has proved to be a good tool to reconstruct the past, to build up archaeological scenarios and to record climatic changes during the Holocene period. However, the terms employed to denote climate, like arid and humid, are often used without proper definitions, ignoring intricacies of climate…
This issue of Environment and History completes a third year of the new journal, and presents a useful opportunity for reflection about the state of the discipline.
As the millennium approaches it seems that environmental historians are increasingly drawn to the task of writing world history…
This paper examines the relationship between prevailing weather systems and colonialism in the context of Spanish possessions in the Pacific from Magellan till the end of the nineteenth century.
Examines the weather records of Thomas Thistlewood, a large property and slave-owner in eighteenth-century Jamaica.
This graphic book uses cartoon illustrations to present scientific facts alongside a broad range of actions that we can take against climate change.
“Understanding the human implications of climate change,” the tagline of the Weather Matters hub, reveals it as a space for conversation among scholars and stakeholders concerned about climate change.
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