Article ID: CBB001201446

Histories for an Uncertain Future: Environmental History and Climate Change (2013)

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In the wake of a decade of crippling droughts, cyclones, floods and fires, and warnings that as a result of anthropogenic climate change such events will be more frequent and intense in the future, historical research into Australian weather and climate is growing. The focus of these studies ranges from the quotidian to the extreme and from the lay to the scientific, offering insights into the experience, measurement, interpretation and prediction of weather and climates since British colonisation. In doing so, they engage with familiar themes of Australian environmental history, such as adaptation, local knowledge, expertise, Western science, sustainability and economic development, as well as demonstrating emerging interests in anxiety, risk and resilience. Here I consider this recent historical research on Australia's climate and its variability, as well as the implications of anthropogenic climate change for the ways in which we undertake writing history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Description On weather measurement and change since the British colonisation of Australia.


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Authors & Contributors
Garden, Don
Henry, Matthew
O'Gorman, Emily
Gergis, Joëlle
Fenby, Claire
Beattie, James
Concepts
Climate change
Environment
Colonialism
Geography
Climate and climatology
Weather
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
Places
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
Italy
North Carolina (U.S.)
Paris (France)
Institutions
National Weather Service (U.S.)
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