Seminar

The Asian monsoon provides the bulk of the rainfall to highly populated regions in South and East Asia. The strength of rainfall has varied over the last 10,000 years as human societies developed farming strategies. In general, rainfall has tended to increase when global climate warmed, but has also experienced significant short-term variations which have had serious consequences for people living in this region, especially affecting agriculture. The progressive cooling and drying of Asia, starting 5000 years ago, together with major changes in the evolution of the large rivers of Asia has forced adaptions in order to secure the crucial water and food supplies needed for farming. In the context of future global warming, climate models predict a stormier and less reliable monsoon in many places and potentially drying over parts of northeast Asia, at the same time that sea level rise is inundating coastal communities. I review the evidence for past climate and major adaptative agricultural strategies used by humans to adapt to changes in temperature, precipitation, river load and sea level rise. 

Zoom link: http://tiny.cc/lzxcoz 

Meeting ID: 933 4458 6871

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