Climatic Events that Changed the World

Climate change has significant impacts on many aspects of life and nature. Climate changes are long-lasting differences and changes in the temperature and weather, which represent a significant risk today. The sensitivity of societies to the simultaneous impacts of climate change on agriculture has been analysed on a global scale. Climate change can alter the conditions that sustain food production and availability, with cascading consequences for food security and global economies. Changes in the climate are a prelude to the occurrence of many disasters and extreme changes in the atmosphere.
(Prof. Dr. G. M. Monirul Alam) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/9530C3AOG2)

During a time when climate change is perceived as a threat to societies and obvious changes to weather patterns are occurring with increased frequency, it is instructive to look back at previous periods of severe climactic disruption to analyse what, if any, human response there was, and if there was a response, did it work?

We shall be looking at the 8.2k BP event (6200 BC), the desertification of the Sahara from about 4000 BC, the 4.2k BP event (2200 BC), and the so called 'collapse of the bronze age' about 1200 BC.

We shall see that, as technology progressed and societies evolved into ever more complicated structures, the effects of climate change, particularly the 8.2k BP, 4.2k BP and 1200 BC events became ever more catastrophic and more far reaching with longer lasting impact.

The analysis will leave us with a question. 'Have human societies progressed sufficiently and technology advanced far enough to allow the human race to survive in a form recognisable today, what in the not-so-distant future may be known as the 21st century AD event?'

1: Climatic Events

Climatic Events and Civilisations over the last 4000 years Over the last 4,000 years, several civilizations have experienced collapse or significant decline coinciding with notabl Read the article >>

2: The 8.2k yr BP event

The 8.2k-Year BP Event: How Ancient Societies Adapted to a Sudden Climate Shift Did a dramatic climate change in 6200 BC, known as the 8.2k-year BP event, alter human lives and societies? How did anci Read the article >>

3: Creating the Sahara

The Desertification of the Sahara Desert after 4000 BC The Desertification of the Sahara occurred over a long period of time with a starting surge lasting one thousand years a Read the article >>

4: The 4.2k yr BP event

The 4.2k yr BP event The 4.2kyr BP event was superimposed on the continuing drying phase initiated about 4000 BC caused by the southerly retr Read the article >>

5: The 3.2k yr BP Event

The 3.2k-Year BP Event: A Climatic Shift and its Impact on Ancient Civilizations This article explores the 3.2k-year BP (Before Present) climatic event, a significant period of drought and environmenta Read the article >>

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