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Douglass, Kristina and Cooper, Jago 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-4414
(2020)
Archaeology, environmental justice, and climate change on islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (15).
pp. 8254-8262.
ISSN 0027-8424
Abstract
Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes affecting island communities worldwide. On islands of the Caribbean and southwestern Indian Ocean (SWIO), however, today's climate change impacts are magnified by historical environmental injustice and colonial legacies, which have heightened the vulnerability of human and other biotic communities. For some islands, archaeological and paleoecological research offers an important record of precolonial climate change and its interplay with human lives and landscapes. The archaeological record suggests strategies and mechanisms that can inform discussions of resilience in the face of climate change. We detail climate-related challenges facing island Caribbean and SWIO communities using archaeological and paleoecological evidence for past climate change and human response and argue that these cannot be successfully addressed without an understanding of the processes that have, over time, disrupted livelihoods, reshaped land- and seascapes, threatened intergenerational ecological knowledge transfer, and led to increased inequality and climate vulnerability.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | archaeology,islands,paleoclimate,general,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1000 |
| Faculty \ School: | University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2022 09:32 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 10:51 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86940 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1914211117 |
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