SAPIENS, an editorially independent publication of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, is dedicated to popularizing anthropology to a broad audience. Anthropology offers a broad, holistic approach to the study of climate and environment, incorporating the natural and social sciences. Current Anthropology. Climate’s impacts on historic and … Tourism has been an important source of income in Washington State—especially since the decline of the forest extraction industry and the lumber mills—and a key element for tourism are the glaciers. (In Press) 2017 Ebert, C. E., N. Peniche May, B. J. Culleton, J. J. The statement -- consistent with the scientific consensus -- states that climate change is a "present reality" and will have a growing and profound impact on humanity. Parker et al. Abstract. 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As Puntenney (2009, p. 317) writes, “Progress in understanding sustainable systems and acting The role of diet in resilience and vulnerability to climate change among early agricultural communities in the Maya Lowlands. the science, impacts and policy of climate change. The Anthropology of Climate Change: An Historical Reader (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Michael R. Dove | Dec 24, 2013 4.4 out of 5 stars 3 Environment and Health highlights a particular topic, method or intellectual approach that serves to more fully understand the health effects of climate change. It’s people who caused climate change, people who suffer from climate change, and people who will fix climate change. Here, we identify three key ways that anthropological research can enrich and deepen contemporary understandings of climate change. Yet the discipline’s voice in climate change debates has remained a relatively marginal one until now. 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