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Explorations in Environmental History

Arcadia is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for short, engaging environmental histories.
Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 5

The Competing Influences of Deluge and Drought in Queensland’s Dry Tropics

by
Patrick White

The 2019 flooding of Townsville in northern Australia proved that Queensland’s dry tropical environment is a temperamental master.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 4

Remembering the Night of Noah: Flood Memory and Townsville's Floods of 1998 and 2019

by
Rohan Lloyd

Flood memory in Townsville is strong, but this does not align with the city’s capacity to live sustainably with floods.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 3

The Day the Falls Stopped Flowing: Devastation and Resilience in Tropical Queensland

by
Bianka Vidonja Balanzategui

José Paronella’s dream continues at Paronella Park despite catastrophic flood and cyclonic events.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 2

Water Flows and Topographic Networks of Power: Social Struggles for Water in the Copiapó Valley in the Eighteenth Century

by
Francisco Astudillo Pizarro

This article rethinks the environmental history of water and power in Copiapó between 1744 and 1801.

Arcadia, Spring 2020, no. 1

The Beavercene: Eradication and Settler-Colonialism in Tierra del Fuego

by
Mara Dicenta

Once introduced to promote the fur industry, beavers in Tierra del Fuego are now deemed an invasive population to be eradicated.

Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 47

Seed Oysters in Entangled Worlds: Ecological Disturbances, Knowledge Making, and Potentialities in Miyagi, Japan

by
Mariko Yoshida

This article focuses on the contingent practices that constitute oyster aquaculture in contemporary Japan and the multiple forms of more-than-human entanglements that emerge as a result.

Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 46

The Maijuna: Fighting for Survival in the Peruvian Amazon

by
Nancy Trautmann and Michael Gilmore

The Maijuna, an endangered indigenous group, are fighting for survival in the midst of development pressures in the Peruvian Amazon.

Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 45

A Killer Air: Delineating Disaster in Mexico City

by
Ela Miljkovic

A noxious air forces Mexico City to confront its unwavering urbanizing and industrializing mission in the late twentieth century.

Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 44

Facing Changes, Changing Targets: Sperm-Whale Hunting in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil

by
Nina Vieira, Patrick Hayes, and Al Matthews

This article investigates the origins of the exploitation of sperm whales off the Brazilian coast in the eighteenth century.

Arcadia, Autumn 2019, no. 43

Dividing a City: The Flooding of the Saint Petersburg Metro (1995–2004)

by
Phillip Schroeder

A flooding in the Saint Petersburg metro divided the city into two parts for nearly a decade.

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Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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