With the passage of years, the nomenclature around changing weather patterns changes. What was once called "global warming" is now referred to as "climate change." Regardless of your scientific interpretation or political stripe, one thing is clear: Many parts of the world have experienced changing weather patterns and temperatures-in some cases, significantly variant. In 1977, just before my senior year of high school, my father's employer transferred him from Chicago, 111., to Denver, Colo. My older brothers were already living on their own, so my mother and I joined him in Denver. As we adjusted to our change. He describes how climate has been affecting history for a long time, although historians have paid this little heed. A few inches less of rain or a change in temperature by a degree or two can and has hugely affected the unfolding of human events. Fagan couples the science of paleoclimatology with the rise and fall of civilizations, and it makes for a fascinating read. It's much headier stuff than figuring out when to schedule a tennis match.
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