Two leading archaeologists explore how humans coped with Earth's climate over centuries and offer readers a path to a safer and healthier future.
What The Reviewers Say
Laura Hiatt,
Library Journal
... a thorough study of human history, as seen entirely through the impact of climate.
Sarah Lawrynuik,
Winnipeg Free Press
The book really digs into the significance of different food systems, and how the benefits each offered to different segments of society.
Donna Solecka Urbikas,
New York Journal of Books
... a fascinating study of human species’ adaptation through cycles of drought and flooding in pre-industrial and post-industrial times.
Carmen Magiotta,
Earth.org
Turning back to look at the past may not come so naturally when everyone else seems to focus on the future. And yet, Climate Chaos does exactly that: it recalibrates the reader’s attention and it encourages us to take a look at the past.