The Neolithic Revolution altered land use enough to impact Earth's climate
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 91/100
Extensive scientific modeling confirms that anthropogenic changes in land use and land cover significantly alter regional and local climates, supporting the premise that early and ongoing agricultural transformations impact Earth's climate system.
Evidence for · 4
The impact of anthropogenic land use and land cover change on regional climate extremes
2017 · cited by 317
Paper [1] demonstrates that converting natural land to agriculture and pastures significantly modifies regional climate extremes.
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More for · 3
Modeled Impact of Anthropogenic Land Cover Change on Climate
2007 · cited by 166
Paper [3] shows that anthropogenic land cover changes create large, significant local variations in surface climate variables.
Anthropogenic land cover change impact on climate extremes during the 21st century
2020 · cited by 45
Paper [6] finds that land cover changes substantially modulate regional weather extremes and precipitation patterns.
Biogeophysical impacts of land use/land cover change on 20th century anthropogenic climate compared to the impacts of greenhouse gas change
2020 · cited by 15
Paper [10] establishes that historical land use and land cover changes exert biogeophysical effects comparable to greenhouse gas changes.