El nino in world history

This text examines the role of the El Ninõ Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in society.

Throughout human history, large or recurrent El Ninõs could cause significant disruption to societies and in some cases even contribute to political change.

Yet it is only now that we are coming to appreciate the significance of the phenomenon.

In this volume, Richard Grove and George Adamson chart the dual history of El Ninõ: as a global phenomenon capable of devastating weather extremes and, since the 18th century, as a developing idea in science and society.