There has been no widespread analysis of historic climate change in the Clyde Valley since the production of Tipping’s essay (2015). The explanation of climate change and fluctuation through the Holocene which Tipping discusses are also still upheld throughout the discipline. As such this section will discuss the contemporary address of climate change and how this has impacted archaeology.
The mitigation of future climate change and reducing reliance on fossil fuels has led to the development of windfarms throughout the Clyde Valley but with specific presence in the Southern Uplands with large windfarms like Whitelees and Clyde windfarm. These developments have led to the finding of previously unknown archaeological sites and improved knowledge of the Clyde Valley, most notably at Clyde Windfarm (Cox and Marshall 2023). Richard Oram discusses impacts on humans resulting in periods of transformation in land use change, through clearing forests and draining bogs as the environment was seen as something to be utilised to the full potential for human need (2025, 387). As the natural landscape has been heavily adapted throughout history to fit the needs of people and the introduction of windfarms repeats this.