Climate in the Classical Era

• Main Author: Steptoe, Hamish
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: climate change; classical antiquity; Roman Empire; Classical Greece; McCormick; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.887656; https://zenodo.org/record/887656

Outreach talk, originally presented to University of the Third Age (U3A) Dartmouth (UK), summarising the ways the Earth's climate changed throughout the Classical Era (c.500 BCE - 400 CE) and comparing it to our modern day climate. : {"references": ["Sigl, M. et al. Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years. Nature 523, 543\u2013549 (2015)", "Grauel, A.-L. et al., Climate of the past 2500 years in the Gulf of Taranto, central Mediterranean Sea: A high-resolution climate reconstruction based on \u03b4 18O and \u03b4 13C of Globigerinoides ruber(white). The Holocene 23, 1440\u2013 1446 (2013)", "Cisneros, M. et al. Sea surface temperature variability in the central-western Mediterranean Sea during the last 2700 years: a multi-proxy and multi-record approach. Clim. Past 12, 849\u2013869 (2016)", "Glur, L. et al. Frequent floods in the European Alps coincide with cooler periods of the past 2500 years. Scientific Reports 3, 1\u20135 (2013)", "Baker, A., Hellstrom, J. C., Kelly, B. F. J., Mariethoz, G. & Trouet, V. A composite annual-resolution stalagmite record of North Atlantic climate over the last three millennia. Scientific Reports 1\u20138 (2015)", "B\u00fcntgen, Ulf, et al. \"2500 years of European climate variability and human susceptibility.\" Science 331.6017 (2011)", "McCormick, M. et al. Climate Change during and after the Roman Empire: Reconstructing the Past from Scientific and Historical Evidence. Journal of Interdisciplinary History 43, 169\u2013220 (2012)", "Carleton, T. A. & Hsiang, S. M. Social and economic impacts of climate. Science 353, (2016)"]}