02357cam a22004094a 4500 113919 20230410132758.0 050928s2006 nyuab 001 0 eng 14123493 2005054434 0684863529 (hardcover) 9780684863528 (hardcover) (OCoLC)ocm62090890 DLC DLC YDX BAKER BUR IXA DLC eng pcc QC 981.8 L744w 2006 551.609 Linden, Eugene. The winds of change : climate, weather, and the destruction of civilizations / Eugene Linden. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2006. x, 302 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Includes index. Climate has been humanity's constant, if moody, companion. At times benefactor or tormentor, climate nurtured the first stirrings of civilization and then repeatedly visited ruin on empires and peoples. Environmental journalist Linden reveals a recurring pattern in which civilizations become prosperous and complacent during good weather, only to collapse when climate changes--either through its direct effects, such as floods or drought, or indirect consequences, such as disease, blight, and civil disorder. The science of climate change is still young, but the evidence mounts that climate loomed over the fate of societies from arctic Greenland to the Fertile Crescent and from the lost cities of the Mayans in Central America to the rain forests of Central Africa. The tragedy of New Orleans is but the latest instance in which a region prepared for weather disasters experienced in the past finds itself helpless when nature ups the ante.--From publisher description. Climatic changes. Climate and civilization. Weather. Weather Social aspects. Cambios climaticos. Clima y civilización. Tiempo. Tiempo Aspectos Sociales. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2005054434-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2005054434-s.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2005054434-t.html lcc bk 87591 87591 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 3 0 QC 981.8 L744w 2006 00000108062 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk