A Cultural History of Climate Change

Bristow, Thomas; Ford, Thomas H.

doi:10.4324/9781315734590

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“…Owing to this growth, a large quantity of CO 2 was trapped, contributing to the formation of the Little Ice Age, which affected the North Atlantic at the beginning of the 14th to the end of the 19th centuries, a period that was previously interpreted as a ‘purely’ geological episode linked to volcanic eruptions (Lewis and Maslin 2015; Williams 2017). This example – which some people consider to be the beginnings of the Anthropocene – show us precisely how ‘natural’ history and human history are inextricably embedded (Bristow and Ford 2017). The ‘climate’ coproduces the ‘social’ at the same time as the ‘social’ co-produces the ‘climate’.…”

Section: Capitalocene?mentioning

confidence: 92%

Popular Music and the Anthropocene

Ribac¹,

Harkins²

2020

Pop. Mus.

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Section: Capitalocene?mentioning

confidence: 92%

Popular Music and the Anthropocene

Ribac¹,

Harkins²

2020

Pop. Mus.

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“…2) Earth-orbiting Forcing: The low-frequency changes of the characteristics of the Earth orbit due to Earth tilting modify the amount of solar energy received in a particular season on every point on the Earth's surface, with the most important fluctuations located in the 10 to 100 ka (kilo annum, Thousand-year) range (Figure 2) [4].…”

Section: Climate Change Impacts During Early Age Of the Earthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, volcanic activity can be responsible for a low-frequency forcing if large eruptions are grouped in a particular decade or century. On longer timescales, increased volcanic activity related to plate tectonics can lead to strong cooling lasting thousands to millions of years [4].…”

Section: Climate Change Impacts During Early Age Of the Earthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of Climate Change Impacts on Human Environment: Past, Present and Future Projections

Adamo¹,

Al‐Ansari²,

Sissakian³

2021

ENG

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Climate changes are one of the most significant aspects, which cause a threat to all human beings living on the planet Earth. Climate changes could happen due to both natural internal processes and external forcing, or due to persistent anthropogenic changes. The identified drastic temperature changes, increase in the emitted greenhouse gasses, and sea-level changes as witnessed from the acquired data; such as from ice cores, during the past centuries and even decades are all due to climate changes. Due to the increase in the emitted greenhouse gasses, major sectors in the Earth will be hit severely, such as agriculture and industry. Human welfare and health services will consequently suffer and development, in general, is going to be hampered. Large parts of the Earth will be unfavorable for living due to different reasons; such as inundation by seawater, decrease in temperature; however, some scientists believe that the increase in the percentages of the emitted greenhouse gasses has decreased or delayed the possibility of starting a new ice age. We have presented all possible scenarios, which may happen due to climate changes including temperature changes, emitted greenhouse gasses, sea level, and other harsh effects not only on human beings but all other living animal and plant species.

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“…Neither, ironically, do the political and economic readings of historians. This “cultural turn” of climate history has a steadily increasing number of champions globally across the humanities (Bristow & Ford, ; Endfield & Veale, ; Feola, Geoghegan, & Arnall, ; Strauss & Orlove, ).…”

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The “cultural turn” of climate history: An emerging field for studies of China and East Asia

Williamson

2020

WIREs Climate Change

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The last few years have seen a surge of scholarly interest in how cultures have been influenced by climate, climatic changes, and extremes of weather. This “cultural turn” of climate history draws from the archives of society, rather than the archives of nature, and is heavily influenced by interpretative and methodological frameworks drawn from the humanities fields. Attention has been largely focused on European contexts and cultures. This article aims to show, however, that the climate history of Asia is on the cusp of developing its own strong cultural turn and that strong foundations and precedents have already been set. This article has two main objectives. The first is to explore approaches in the history of the climate in East Asia that claim to investigate interactions between climatic changes or extreme events and society and culture. Many of these are macro studies, comparing climatic changes with dramatic events in history. Then, it will take a closer look at scholarship that has focused closely on the ideas and beliefs that characterize a society, showing how regional customs and philosophical systems have developed in relation to weather. It will argue that better integration between the two approaches is needed if we are to fully grasp the interdependence of people and climate, a question that becomes ever more critical as we move further into the Anthropocene. This article is categorized under: Climate, History, Society, Culture > World Historical Perspectives

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A Cultural History of Climate Change

Cited by 25 publications

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Popular Music and the Anthropocene

Popular Music and the Anthropocene

Review of Climate Change Impacts on Human Environment: Past, Present and Future Projections

The “cultural turn” of climate history: An emerging field for studies of China and East Asia

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