THE EXTREME WEATHER IN THE WAR

Weather makes history

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What can we do if climate changes and changes? 
And what can we learn from the past? 

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  “War” is the most brutal act of human activity in history. Even at this moment, somewhere in the global village, a precious human life may be killed or civilization destroyed in the smoke of gunpowder.

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  During the time of the little ice age, the severe cold and drought caused the French Revolution in Europe, and the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the East. Although there are many factors that determine the victory or defeat of a war, from the ancient primitive war before the outbreak of World War II, the weather is invariably an important factor in the victory or defeat of the war.

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  Human life and climate are very close, and the weather has a great impact on our lives. The drastic change sometimes shocks us, and even if we can do relief work faster than in the past with modern technology, we still face the difficulties and disasters we feel helpless. This difficulty is greatest when disasters such as droughts, floods, and storm surges appear irregularly from time to time.

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  No matter how high-tech the 21st century is, nature and climate cannot be ignored yet. Climate change gives us a glimpse of how the excessive cold or rainfall caused a stir in Europe, how it affected the dictator, the nobility and the common people respectively, how it changed the fate of the war, how it changed the fishing industry, and how it promoted agricultural innovation.

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  People easily ignore past climate phenomena, but this is a very important history for us living in unprecedented warming. Because there are many precedents that give us a glimpse of our future climate.

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  Modern science has yet to reveal whether recent global warming is due to fossil fuels or just a small change in the vast climate history created by the Earth. This is why we have to deal with the Earth with humility and prudence.