Did climate change cause ancient civilisations to collapse? IIT Delhi's 8th Sci Tech Spins to explain
India Today
IIT Delhi's eight SciTech Spins lecture for school students is scheduled for April 23. A day after Erath Day 2022, it will talk about climate change and whether it caused ancient civilisations to collapse.
IIT Delhi scientist Prof. Yama Dixit from the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences will deliver the 08th SciTech Spins lecture titled ‘Learning from the Past - Climate and Civilization Changes’ for school students on April 23, 2022.
The SciTech Spins lecture series is an academic outreach initiative by IIT Delhi for the school students especially from Classes 9 to 12.
The Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate, and it is unknown as to how various climate processes such as monsoon rainfall will change in response to this warming. In the past, Earth has witnessed warmer and colder periods than present.
Past history of Earth’s climate can help us better understand the future changes in climate processes in projected warming.
“In this lecture, I will talk about how to reconstruct past climate using chemistry of natural materials like lake and ocean sediments, which store information of past rainfall and temperature variability,” said Prof Yama Dixit, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi.
The speaker will address questions like:
The talk will be live-streamed on the IIT Delhi’s official YouTube channel also (https://youtu.be/4IW4B9t5a0M).
