The Eighteenth-Century Climate of Jamaica Derived from the Journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786
Examines the weather records of Thomas Thistlewood, a large property and slave-owner in eighteenth-century Jamaica.
Examines the weather records of Thomas Thistlewood, a large property and slave-owner in eighteenth-century Jamaica.
A review of how we can learn from the past about climate-human-environment interactions at the present time and in the future.
This paper illustrates, through a series of case-studies, how long-term ecological records (>50 years) can provide a test of predictions and assumptions of ecological processes that are directly relevant to management strategies necessary to retain biological diversity in a changing climate.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
This film depicts the lives of ordinary people around the world as they become increasingly impacted by climate change.
In 1992, a 12-year-old girl named Severn addressed the UN about climate change. Now grown up and expecting a child, she explains how much must still be done.
This drama shows how five children of United Nations ambassadors are called upon by Earth to create a sustainable future and find solutions to prevent further damage.
Kluiving and Hamel explore why the Anthropocene emerged. They suggest that an analysis of global changes in human niche construction using geoarchaeological data offers new perspectives on the causes and effects of the Anthropocene.
This film presents the interdisciplinary and international project BASYS (Baltic Sea System Studies), financed by the European Union in the years 1996 to 1999, which investigated many aspects and influences of mankind activities on the ecosystem Baltic Sea as well as the natural influences such as climate and weather. A large database accessible to all scientists was collected during the project and should help in the future to distinguish between the natural and human effects upon the ecosystem of the Baltic Sea.
Katharine Suding, plant ecologist and professor at the University of Michigan, outlines the scaling of ecosystem restoration and how scaling is affecting the very notion of restoration in this presentation at the Latsis Symposium 2018.