Teaching Climate History
eBook - ePub

Teaching Climate History

There is No Planet B

  1. 170 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Teaching Climate History

There is No Planet B

About this book

Welcome to the Anthropocene. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, human-caused climate change has impacted the globe with the burning of fossil fuels. The debate in classrooms and the political realm should not be whether climate change is happening or how much it places human civilization at risk but over how societies and individuals should respond. This interdisciplinary book offers an in-depth examination of the history of the Earth's climate and how historians and citizens can influence contemporary climate debate and activism.

The author explains climate history and climate science and makes this important subject matter accessible to a general audience. Chapter topics include examining the Earth's geological past, the impact of climate on human evolution, the impact of climate on earlier civilizations, climate activism, and the need for international cooperation. Presenting climate history, human history, and climate science in a readable format and featuring resources for students, this book is meant for use by teachers in high school elective or an introductory college course setting.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781032061320

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Climate Vocabulary
  9. 1 “Our House Is on Fire”
  10. 2 Responsibility of the Historian as Public Intellectual
  11. 3 Tipping Points
  12. 4 Great Climate Migration
  13. 5 Earth’s Past Climates
  14. 6 Climate Change and Human Evolution
  15. 7 Extreme Heat
  16. 8 Four Billion Years of Climate History
  17. 9 Mass Extinctions
  18. 10 “Clocking” Climate Change
  19. 11 Disease Carried by Mosquitoes or Hidden in the Ice
  20. 12 Climate Change Deniers and Minimizers
  21. 13 A Short Cold Snap of About 500 Years
  22. 14 Power of Ice
  23. 15 Climate Repercussions
  24. 16 Water Scarcity, Water’s Vengeance
  25. 17 Technology Debate
  26. 18 Saving the Amazon Rainforest
  27. 19 Capitalism vs. the Climate
  28. 20 Climate Activism
  29. Appendix I: Annotated Bibliography
  30. Appendix II: Resources for Teaching About Climate Change
  31. References
  32. Index