Sam White is a professor of history at the Ohio State University, where he teaches courses on climate and society, environmental change, and Big History. He has written numerous articles and chapters for academic journals and textbooks, and pieces for newspapers, magazines, and popular blogs. His first book, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press: 2011) tells the story of how ecological pressures, climatic change, and human mistakes drove the once powerful Ottoman Empire into economic and political crisis, with profound consequences for the history of the Middle East. It won book prizes from the Middle East Studies Association, Turkish Studies Associations, and British-Kuwaiti Friendship SociSam White is a professor of history at the Ohio State University, where he teaches courses on climate and society, environmental change, and Big History. He has written numerous articles and chapters for academic journals and textbooks, and pieces for newspapers, magazines, and popular blogs. His first book, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press: 2011) tells the story of how ecological pressures, climatic change, and human mistakes drove the once powerful Ottoman Empire into economic and political crisis, with profound consequences for the history of the Middle East. It won book prizes from the Middle East Studies Association, Turkish Studies Associations, and British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society. His second book, A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America (Harvard University Press: 2017) explores the forgotten first century of Spanish, French, and English expeditions across the Atlantic, drawing on a vast array of historical sources in seven languages and new insights from archaeology and climatology. It received book awards from Ohio Academy of History and the Sixteenth Century Society, and was a finalist for the Cundill Prize. The author lives with his wife, daughter, and cat in Columbus, Ohio....more