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Climate in the Classical Era

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Outreach talk, originally presented to University of the Third Age (U3A) Dartmouth (UK), summarising the ways the Earth's climate changed throughout the Classical Era (c.500 BCE - 400 CE) and comparing it to our modern day climate.

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