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Solar-Terrestrial Relations — A Historical Reminder
Abstract Since the very first assessment of the seasonal cycle, the understanding by mankind of solar-terrestrial relations has been fundamental for its struggle for survival. In some respect, notwithstanding our scientific progress and achievements, the present challenge of the global climate change, and all the fears associated with its scenarios that are often presented in apocalyptic terms and that sometimes appear dramatically supported by shocking case histories, such as e.g. the Sahel degrading, clearly denote our incapability of understanding the long-term climatic changes (i.e. longer than, say, the 11-year solar cycle). On such a time-scale we must appeal to proxy data. Mankind itself is one relevant and non-adequately exploited recording-instrument of proxy data, and the history of mankind is a log-book that needs to be suitably decoded for interpreting it. A synergism between classic historical sciences and Earth’s sciences ought therefore to provide with such a new perspective in environmental sciences, that could result eventually decisive even for checking the present climatic models and for issuing previsions. Standard historical sciences are commonly often concerned with ideological themes or theses, to be either proved or disproved (Krag 1987). Environmental scientists must, rather, deal with matter of facts, observational evidences or occurrences per se, and they should infer eventual conclusions about the competing roles of natural vs. anthropic factors. Such a re-interpretation of the historical sciences requires per se an evaluation of the degree of understanding by the people who were coeval with every monitored phenomenon, and who collected its records. Hence, the study of the history of the understanding, or of the “science”, of solar-terrestrial relations, is essential for the interpretation of the proxy datum “mankind”. The present paper attempts at providing with an introduction to such a perspective.
Solar-Terrestrial Relations — A Historical Reminder
Abstract Since the very first assessment of the seasonal cycle, the understanding by mankind of solar-terrestrial relations has been fundamental for its struggle for survival. In some respect, notwithstanding our scientific progress and achievements, the present challenge of the global climate change, and all the fears associated with its scenarios that are often presented in apocalyptic terms and that sometimes appear dramatically supported by shocking case histories, such as e.g. the Sahel degrading, clearly denote our incapability of understanding the long-term climatic changes (i.e. longer than, say, the 11-year solar cycle). On such a time-scale we must appeal to proxy data. Mankind itself is one relevant and non-adequately exploited recording-instrument of proxy data, and the history of mankind is a log-book that needs to be suitably decoded for interpreting it. A synergism between classic historical sciences and Earth’s sciences ought therefore to provide with such a new perspective in environmental sciences, that could result eventually decisive even for checking the present climatic models and for issuing previsions. Standard historical sciences are commonly often concerned with ideological themes or theses, to be either proved or disproved (Krag 1987). Environmental scientists must, rather, deal with matter of facts, observational evidences or occurrences per se, and they should infer eventual conclusions about the competing roles of natural vs. anthropic factors. Such a re-interpretation of the historical sciences requires per se an evaluation of the degree of understanding by the people who were coeval with every monitored phenomenon, and who collected its records. Hence, the study of the history of the understanding, or of the “science”, of solar-terrestrial relations, is essential for the interpretation of the proxy datum “mankind”. The present paper attempts at providing with an introduction to such a perspective.
Solar-Terrestrial Relations — A Historical Reminder
Gregori, G. P. (Autor:in) / Gregori, L. G. (Autor:in)
1998
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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