Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

M Herrero, PK Thornton, D Mason-D'Croz, J Palmer… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the
food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions …

Reconstructing chemical weathering, physical erosion and monsoon intensity since 25 Ma in the northern South China Sea: a review of competing proxies

PD Clift, S Wan, J Blusztajn - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Reconstructing the changing strength of the East Asian summer monsoon has been
controversial because different proxies, many being indirect measures of rainfall, tell …

[图书][B] The dawn of everything: A new history of humanity

D Graeber, D Wengrow - 2021 - books.google.com
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC
HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL …

The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia

VM Narasimhan, N Patterson, P Moorjani, N Rohland… - Science, 2019 - science.org
RATIONALE To elucidate the extent to which the major cultural transformations of farming,
pastoralism, and shifts in the distribution of languages in Eurasia were accompanied by …

Re-framing the threat of global warming: an empirical causal loop diagram of climate change, food insecurity and societal collapse

CE Richards, RC Lupton, JM Allwood - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
There is increasing concern that climate change poses an existential risk to humanity.
Understanding these worst-case scenarios is essential for good risk management. However …

The Indian monsoon variability and civilization changes in the Indian subcontinent

G Kathayat, H Cheng, A Sinha, L Yi, X Li, H Zhang… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The vast Indo-Gangetic Plain in South Asia has been home to some of the world's oldest
civilizations, whose fortunes ebbed and flowed with time—plausibly driven in part by shifts in …

Automated detection of archaeological mounds using machine-learning classification of multisensor and multitemporal satellite data

HA Orengo, FC Conesa… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
This paper presents an innovative multisensor, multitemporal machine-learning approach
using remote sensing big data for the detection of archaeological mounds in Cholistan …

Asian dust-storm activity dominated by Chinese dynasty changes since 2000 BP

F Chen, S Chen, X Zhang, J Chen, X Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Asian monsoon (AM) played an important role in the dynastic history of China, yet it
remains unknown whether AM-mediated shifts in Chinese societies affect earth surface …

Abrupt weakening of the summer monsoon in northwest India~ 4100 yr ago

Y Dixit, DA Hodell, CA Petrie - Geology, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Climate change has been suggested as a possible cause for the decline of urban centers of
the Indus Civilization∼ 4000 yr ago, but extant paleoclimatic evidence has been derived …

[图书][B] Understanding collapse: Ancient history and modern myths

GD Middleton - 2017 - books.google.com
Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman
Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically …