Podcast and Online Course
The Climate Chronicles
How has climate change influenced humanity’s past? What can history tell us about the future? Find out in The Climate Chronicles, a multimedia experience written, produced, and narrated by Professor Dagomar Degroot of Georgetown University.
The Little Ice Age in the Nordic Countries
How did climates change during past centuries? And what did it mean for lives and history in the North? This online course explores the climate reconstructions, impacts, adaptations, and lessons from the Little Ice Age in the Nordic countries. Its six lessons include videos, interviews, activities, and further resources for classroom use.
Climate History Syllabi
Have you taught a course about climate history? Do you have a syllabus we can publish? If so, send it to Dr. Dagomar Degroot.
Dagomar Degroot
“Ancient Climate Changes,” an upper-year undergraduate seminar.
“The Little Ice Age: Volcanoes and Crises in the Pre-Modern World,” a half-semester seminar in the Core Pathway on Climate Change at Georgetown.
“Global Warming: Causes, Consequences, and Controversy,” a half-semester seminar in the Core Pathway on Climate Change at Georgetown.
Andy Bruno
Additional Teaching Resources
Past Actions, Present Woes
A detailed guide for teaching climate change through the lens of history, developed by a small team associated with the Rescue!History network.
Climate Tipping Points
A student-driven project that maps the local consequences of climate change in the past, present, and projected future. All students at all universities may participate, or use the accessible tools for climate reconstruction and simulation that are listed on the website. Contact Dagomar Degroot for more information.
Weathered Histories
Weathered Histories is an online visual exhibition that guides viewers through millennia of human experiences and adaptations to climatic changes and extreme weather.