Answer: According to the text, the natural environment and its conservation in classical Greece (5th to 4th centuries BC) has been a considerably debated issue. Scholars argue that deforestation was damaging the worldwide natural environment and its consequences in ancient Greece. Additionally, anthropologists have found evidence that surface temperatures in the eastern Mediterranean Sea cooled rapidly around 1250 BCE. Art historians are now exploring their collections through a climate lens, taking into account the relevance of climatic and environmental regionality.