Little Ice Age lessons
The world’s last climate crisis demonstrates that surviving is possible if bold economic and social change is embraced . . .
The Little Ice Age is a history of resilience and surprises – Dagomar Degroot | Aeon Essays
an assortment of topics about humans adapting , especially in Europe . . . .
Far less defensible assumptions that climate change has happened before and is therefore nothing to worry about – ahistorical nonsense often fronted by those who once denied the very existence of human-caused warming – pose even greater obstacles to urgent action. It is crucial that we expand the space between these harmful extremes. Writing more nuanced histories of past climate change is one way to do it.
Even though the historical Little Ice Age has never been attributed to "human-caused warming" , now the "climate change"/former "global warming" crowd is claiming they were aware of this Little Ice Age all along and take comfort in the stories of survival amongst the plagues and famines. Those who see the solar minimum approaching are just using "ahistorical nonsense" to distract from this "human-caused warming". It may be human caused in the reaction of the Cosmos to human orthogonal thinking but I don't think it is carbon emissions that are the problem in the larger scheme of things. They still think their "urgent action" to lower carbon emissions could do the trick.
At least they see the need for more nuanced histories of past-climate change to prepare for the next Ice Age.