简介：WhatdotheriseandfalloftheRomanEmpire,theThirtyYears’WarandtheRenaissancehaveincommon?Forone,theywereallstarklyaffectedbyextremeweatherconditions.Indeed,ifwetakeafreshlookathumanhistoryinthelightofEarth’svolatileclimate,wecanexposehiddenparallels,drawsurprisingconclusionsandexplainbizarrehistoricalconundrums. Thistwo-partercombinesnaturalsciencesandhistory,ajourneyfromtheBigBangtoIceland’svolcanoes–agrippingnarrativethatexploreslittle-knownconnectionsbetweentheEarth’sclimateandmajorhistoricalevents. Aretheseextremesofweatherreallya21st-centuryphenomenon?Orhasclimatedeterminedthefateofhumanityeversinceamphibianstooktheirfirststepsonterrafirma?