Climate, environment and society in the Pacific during the last millennium [Elektronisk resurs] / by Patrick D. Nunn.

• Climate, environment and society: global and regional perspectives -- Arrival and spread of humans in the Pacific basin -- Influences of climate and sea-level changes on humans -- The Medieval Warm Period (A.D. 750-1250) in the Pacific basin -- The A.D. 1300 event (A.D. 1250-1350) in the Pacific basin -- The Little Ice Age (A.D. 1350-1800) in the Pacific basin -- The A.D. 1300 event: an explanatory model for societal response to climate change during the last millennium in the Pacific basin -- Recent warming and sea-level rise (Since A.D. 1800) in the Pacific basin -- Teleconnections and global climate trends -- causes of last-millennium climate change. 

• The nature of global change in the Pacific Basin is poorly known compared to other parts of the world. Climate, Environment, and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium describes the climate changes that occurred in the Pacific during the last millennium 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. Covering the entire period since AD 750 in the Pacific, this book describes the influences of climate change on environments and societies during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, focusing on the 100-year transition between these - a period of rapid change known as the AD 1300 Event. 

Ämnesord

Climatic changes  -- Pacific Area -- History (LCSH)

Climatic changes  -- Social aspects -- Pacific Area -- History (LCSH)

Paleoclimatology  -- Holocene (LCSH)

Human beings  -- Effect of climate on -- Pacific Area (LCSH)

Human ecology  -- Pacific Area (LCSH)

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