{"id":15342,"date":"2011-01-25T05:05:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=15342"},"modified":"2011-01-25T05:05:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:05:59","slug":"manmade-climate-change-is-thousands-of-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/manmade-climate-change-is-thousands-of-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Manmade Climate Change is Thousands of Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manmade climate change is not only a thing of the last hundred years, according to new research from scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). The Roman Conquest, expansion of civilization in China, the Black Death, and the discovery of America, amongst other historical landmarks, have all had large impacts on the climate.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumans didn\u2019t wait for the industrial revolution to provoke environment and climate change. They have been having an influence for at least 8000 years,\u201d said Jed Kaplan, a Swiss National Science Foundation professor at EPFL, who along with his colleague Kristen Krumhardt, have developed a computer model that reveals an obvious linkage between population increase and deforestation.<\/p>\n

For the first time, this model provides scientists with an accurate idea of human impact on the environment, not just into the future, but well back in time as well.<\/p>\n