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But there is some evidence that the decline of the Roman West is linked to climate change. [24] Slash-and-burn agriculture, associated with lower populations than the Roman period, can be at least as responsible for deforestation and soil erosion as Roman agriculture. Coastal marshes can be caused by sea level changes quite as much as soil erosion.
The Roman Warm Period, or Roman Climatic Optimum, was a period of unusually-warm weather in Europe and the North Atlantic that ran from approximately 250 BC to AD 400. [1] Theophrastus (371 – c. 287 BC) wrote that date trees could grow in Greece if they were planted but that they could not set fruit there.
The climate change occurred at different rates, from apparent near stasis during the early Empire to rapid fluctuations during the late Empire. [3] Still, there is some controversy in the notion of a generally moister period in the Eastern Mediterranean in c. 1 AD–600 AD due to conflicting publications. [5]
Climate change is making the Western United States drier, which can fuel wildfires like those affecting Los Angeles. With higher temperatures come parched landscapes full of vegetation that can ...
For example, rising temperatures could change the composition of Wisconsin’s forests. As the climate warms, the populations of paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam fir, and black spruce may decline in the North Woods, while oak, hickory, and pine trees may become more numerous. Climate change will also affect habitat for animals such as fish.
How will Wisconsin's fall climate change by 2060? The daily average fall temperature in most of Wisconsin is expected to be 5 degrees warmer in the middle of this century than in 1981-2010.
Here is how climate change is affecting Wisconsin and the steps being taken to address its effects. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
500 million years of climate change Ice core data for the past 400,000 years, with the present at right. Note length of glacial cycles averages ~100,000 years. Blue curve is temperature, green curve is CO 2, and red curve is windblown glacial dust (loess).