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Chapters – ‘Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium’ (2007)

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Chapter 1:        Climate, Environment and Society: Global and Regional Perspectives

Chapter 2:        Arrival and Spread of Humans in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 3:        Influences of Climate and Sea-Level Changes on Humans

Chapter 4:        The Medieval Warm Period (AD 750-1250) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 5:        The AD 1300 Event (AD 1250-1350) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 6:        The Little Ice Age (AD 1350-1800) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 7:        The AD 1300 Event: An Explanatory Model for Societal Response to Climate Change During the Last Millennium in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 8:        Recent Warming and Sea-Level Rise (since AD 1800) in the Pacific Basin

Chapter 9:        Teleconnections and Global Climate Trends

Chapter 10:      Causes of Last-Millennium Climate Change

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Left: cores through coral reefs, like these taken from Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) in 1947, tell us lots about past climates. Right: Pacific Islanders researching their own history at the Bourewa site (Fiji); clockwise from left, Roselyn Kumar, Ledua Kuilanisautabu and Ann Tosiro.