Domino effect of climate change over two millennia in ancient China’s Hexi Corridor
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Article Title | Domino effect of climate change over two millennia in ancient China’s Hexi Corridor |
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ERA Journal ID | 213764 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Feng, Qi (Author), Yan, Linshan (Author), Deo, Ravinesh C. (Author), AghaKouchak, Amir (Author), Adamowski, Jan F. (Author), Stone, Roger (Author), Yin, Zhenliang (Author), Liu, Wei (Author), Si, Jianhua (Author), Wen, Xiaohu (Author), Zhu, Meng (Author) and Cao, Shixiong (Author) |
Journal Title | Nature Sustainability |
Journal Citation | 2, pp. 957-961 |
Number of Pages | 5 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0397-9 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0397-9 |
Abstract | Climate change, population growth and extreme events can trigger social crises and instability. The processes that dominate a society’s emergence, resilience and collapse, and the complex interactions among such processes, operating within a small region, at a multicentury or even larger time scale, remain to be identified. The causes or driving forces responsible for societal changes must be identified for a plausible explanation. Historical records provide unique examples of societies that have failed to develop buffers and strategic resilience against climate change and natural variability. Using a wide range of observations from China’s Hexi Corridor, the complex interactive processes linking climate change with human society over the past two millennia were investigated. This paper proposes a domino effect resulting from a society’s failure to respond to climate change in which individual small problems create a greater challenge over long time spans. Building resilience against the impacts of climate change requires a deep understanding of social and environmental feedbacks to create a reliable buffer against future changes. This study offers lessons learned from the past 2,000 years that remain relevant today, given the projected changes in climate and extreme events. |
Keywords | China; Hexi Corridor; climate change |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410402. Environmental assessment and monitoring |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
School of Sciences | |
University of California, United States | |
McGill University, Canada | |
Centre for Applied Climate Sciences | |
Minzu University of China, China | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q567w/domino-effect-of-climate-change-over-two-millennia-in-ancient-china-s-hexi-corridor
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