Our Fragile Moment

By Michael E. Mann

Categories: Science & Math

In Our Fragile Moment (2023), climate scientist Michael E. Mann traces how Earth's changing climate shaped human evolution and civilisation, and what that history means for the climate crisis. Mann shows how the drying of the African tropics favoured early humans, how the cooling of the Younger Dryas coincided with the rise of agriculture, and how the Little Ice Age brought famine to Europe. He argues that civilisation depends on a narrow climate range, and that the crisis is serious but solvable.

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