<p>Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, a French historian of science & technology, shares how European societies grappled with climate change centuries before modern science proved the scale and breadth of its impact, revealing a forgotten saga where colonial ambitions and volcanic winters shaped our earliest understanding of Earth's shifting climate.</p>
<p>Grounding our discussion is his Fressoz’s 2024 book <em>Chaos in the Heavens: The Forgotten History of Climate Change</em>, co-authored with Fabien Locher.</p>