Asian News International: New evidence has emerged that suggests human-induced climate change began not 200 years ago, but thousands of years ago with the onset of large-scale agriculture in Asia and extensive deforestation in Europe. The prevalent view is that the invention of the steam engine and the advent of the coal-fueled industrial age 200 years ago marked the beginning of human influence on global climate. But now, using powerful simulations on the world`s most advanced computer climate models, …