Abstract Ideas and knowledge about climate have changed considerably in history. Ancient
philosophers like Hippocrates and Aristotle shaped the understandings of climate, which …

Climate modeling is closely tied, through its institutions and practices, to observations from
satellites and to the field sciences. The validity, quality and scientific credibility of models are …

This commentary provides a critical account of Earth system modeling history. It argues that
Earth system modeling is not simply a domain of science but also a form of politics. Earth …

Half a century ago, Christian Junge, the founding 'father'of atmospheric chemistry
summarized the existing knowledge in his field of research. In 1960 Junge counted only 75 …

This paper explores a crucial dilemma behind the failure of climate politics: the
“dehumanization” of the concept of climate, ie, the emergence of a predominance of global …

Umweltgeschichte ist derzeit eines der innovativsten Forschungsfelder der
Geschichtswissenschaften. Reinhold Reith legt hier die erste grundlegende Einführung in …

Since the 18th century, Greenland's geometric center, Eismitte, has been one of the most
forbidding but scientifically rich locations in the Arctic. Tracing its history from European …

Understanding and misunderstanding computer simulation: The case of atmospheric and climate
science—An introduction - ScienceDirect Skip to main contentSkip to article Elsevier logo …

This chapter provides a short historical account of major developments and shifts in
twentieth-century climate research. It explores a pattern of changes in the study of climate …

The interdisciplinary study of paleoclimates is symptomatic of how the climate and earth
sciences represent a matured practice of pragmatically dealing with purely heuristical …