Adaptable Societies

Anthropogenic climate and environmental change are among the most
immediate threats to global sustainability, including the
sustainability of human populations. Although these changes are
happening at a rate never recorded before, climate and
environmental changes per se are not unprecedented. Moreover, prior
environmental changes have sometimes been accompanied by social and
technological innovations that mitigated the impact of
environmental change on human populations. We explore two such
episodes in the history of California, and ask what lessons they
may hold for adaptable societies in the Anthropocene. Series:
"Sustainable California" [Science] [Show ID: 35098]