The Climate Chronicles
Human-caused global warming has only heated the planet for about a century. But climate change has always affected humanity. Natural climate changes were different from today’s global warming, but they did influence our history. The Climate Chronicles explores that influence, and explains what it can tell us about today’s climate crisis. Written, produced, and narrated by Professor Dagomar Degroot, one of the world’s leading historians of climate change, The Climate Chronicles takes you on a remarkable journey through 50 million years of history. Find out more at TheClimateChronicles.com.
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Hosted by Professor Dagomar Degroot of Georgetown University, The Climate Chronicles reveals how climate change has shaped humanity's past. It explores what this little-known history can reveal about the future of global warming.
In our second episode, the first of our first season, "Becoming Human," Professor Degroot introduces the far-fetched possibility that humanity might not be the first intelligent species to overheat the Earth. By investigating this idea, Degroot explains how scientists piece together the deep history of climate change on Earth.
For a complete episode transcript, visit TheClimateChronicles.com.
15 hours ago
15 hours ago
Human-caused global warming has only heated the planet for about a century. But climate change has always affected humanity.
Natural climate changes were different from today’s global warming, but they helped shape humanity's history. The Climate Chronicles tells the remarkable story of how climate change influenced our past.
Written, produced, and narrated by Professor Dagomar Degroot, one of the world’s leading historians of climate change, The Climate Chronicles explains what the history could reveal about the future of global warming.
In our introductory episode, Professor Degroot uses one of the great adventure stories of the seventeenth century - the tale of fourteen desperate men deserted on two tiny Arctic islands - to identify key themes in the history of climate change.Find out more at TheClimateChronicles.com.