Climate, Environment, and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium, Volume 6 (Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences) (Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: October 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780444528162
Subjects: Climatology; Geology & the lithosphere; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Environmental Science; Geophysics; Science; Science / Geology; Climatic changes; Environmental aspects; History; Pacific Area; Social aspects
Description: Describes the climate changes that occurred in the Pacific and discusses how these changes controlled the broad evolution of human societies, typically filtered by the effects of changing sea level and storminess on food availability and interaction. This book contains a survey of the evidence for climate, environmental, and societal change.