المناخ والبشر على مدى 12000 عام

#### The results of the latest research in climate history for a wide audience. The book is an easy-to-read account of climate change from the last ice age to current global warming, and how it has affected people and societies around the world. * Blending history and climate science, the book takes the reader on a journey through world history, highlighting the powerful and sudden climate changes that sometimes radically changed the living conditions of millions of people. In Climate and Man in 12,000 Years, we trace how the Sahara was a savannah less than 6,000 years ago, rather than the world's largest desert, and how the climate was warm enough for turtles to live in Sweden. We also trace how the nomads of the Central Asian steppes were repeatedly forced to seek refuge in Europe and China due to drought, and how Asia's monsoon rains varied and controlled periods of prosperity and famine for hundreds of millions of people. This journey takes us back to indigenous American civilizations that collapsed due to drought, while a warmer climate allowed Nordic people to settle as cattle farmers in southern Greenland. The book describes how the Little Ice Age, which peaked in the 17th century, contributed to supply crises and suffering in many places, including Europe. But it also provides many examples of people adapting to, and even benefiting from, climate change. The book provides important insights into our current era, where ongoing global warming, and its consequences, especially in many of the world's poorest regions, is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist is Professor of History, Specialist in Historical Geography, and Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Stockholm University. He is the author or co-author of more than a hundred scientific articles, and the sole author of two scientific books and five previous books on simplifying science. In 2016, he was awarded the Clio Prize for his first two books on simplifying science, and in 2022, he was awarded the Rettig Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his scientific works.