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Discusses how environmental changes, including Global Warming, have the capacity to bring about profound and enduring changes in human societies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.Climate, environment and society: global and regional perspectivesChapter 2.Arrival and spread of humans in the Pacific BasinChapter 3.Influences of climate and sea-level changes on humansChapter 4.The Medieval Warm Period (AD 750-1250) in the Pacific BasinChapter 5.The AD 1300 Event (AD 1250-1350) in the Pacific BasinChapter 6.The Little Ice Age (AD 1350-1800) in the Pacific BasinChapter 7.The AD 1300 Event: an explanatory model for societal response to climate change during the last millennium in the Pacific Basin Chapter 8.Recent warming and sea-level rise (since AD 1800) in the Pacific BasinChapter 9.Teleconnections and global climate trendsChapter 10.Causes of last-millennium climate changeReferences