Open AccessEffects of Extreme Climate on Mediterranean Societies: Climate Extremes During Recent Millennia and Their Impact on Mediterranean Societies; Athens, Greece, 13–16 September 2008
Author(s) -
Xoplaki Elena
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo150006
Subject(s) - mediterranean climate , famine , climate change , geography , climatology , history , archaeology , oceanography , geology
Climatic extremes in the past few thousand years have severely affected societies throughout the Mediterranean region and have changed the outcome of historical events in some instances. Climatic extremes—droughts, floods, prolonged cold and heat—affect society in a variety of ways, operating through famine, disease, and social upheaval. These topics were discussed at an interdisciplinary symposium at the National and Kapodistrian University, in Greece, that brought together climatologists, paleoclimatologists, anthropologists, geologists, archaeologists, and historians working in the greater Mediterranean region.