conclusion

To summarise the posts over the last few weeks, I have looked at where and why domestication first happened and the debates surrounding the timing of its origins.  The timing of domestication's first effects on the climate has been an important point and is an on going debate.  The blog then proceeded to discussing how agriculture and its expansion has affected the environment and how cultivation contributes to climate change.  I then discussed some of the possible strategies to combat further increases in greenhouse gas emissions and the feasibility of their adoption. 

Through researching these posts I have discovered how interlinked climate and domestication really are.  Climate played a key part in why domestication developed and also agriculture is playing a main role in altering climate though emissions.  Climate is always affecting agriculture and the changes associated with anthropogenic climate change will be vital in determining food security in the future.   Agriculture will always be a key issue as people will always need food and as the population continues to grow so its will demand.  It has also come to light that looking at past practices in agriculture could help us in the future, returning perhaps to more sustainable methods used in the past will aid environmental problems that are arising such as soil degradation and erosion.  

Thank you for taking an interest and reading these posts, I hope they have bettered your knowledge of the relationship between domestication and climate.