There is a growing recognition that adaptation to climate change requires an understanding
of social processes that unfold across extended temporal trajectories. Yet, despite a move to …

Recent years have seen a growth in scholarship on the intertwined histories of climate,
science, and European imperialism. Scholarship has focused both on how the material …

This monograph provides an overview of research into disasters from a historical
perspective, making two new contributions. First, it introduces the field of 'disaster studies' to …

Historical climatology is an interdisciplinary field of research encompassing the
reconstruction of past climate and weather from written sources and artifacts, as well the …

Evidence contained within historical documents and inscriptions provides an important
record of climate variability for periods prior to the onset of systematic meteorological data …

Observations are the foundation for understanding the climate system. Yet, currently
available land meteorological data are highly fractured into various global, regional, and …

This paper demonstrates how historical research is a valuable tool for identifying past
geological, geomorphological and climatic hazards and therefore critical for mitigating and …

Despite the vast evidence on the short-run effects of adverse climate shocks on the
economy, our understanding of their long-run impact on institutions is limited. To tackle such …

Quantitative approaches to climate risk management such as mapping or impact modelling
rely on past meteorological data with daily or sub‐daily resolution, a large fraction of which …

Long-term, accurate observations of atmospheric phenomena are essential for a myriad of
applications, including historic and future climate assessments, resource management, and …