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Climate change resilience over the past 5,000 years: How have human societies adapted throughout history?

Navarino, southern Greece. Admire the ruins of the destroyed fortress, overlooking the Bay of Navarino and the Lagoon of Gialova, an important paleoecological archive. Credit: Ingmar Unkel Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Agency shows that average global temperatures in 2024 are almost certain to exceed the Paris Climate Agreement limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial average temperatures for…