This article examines energy consumption, the transition from organic to fossil energy carriers, and the consequent CO2 emissions over a period of almost 150 years (1861–2000) in Italy and Spain.
Periodicals
"Energy Transition and CO2 Emissions in Southern Europe: Italy and Spain (1861–2000)"
"The Impact of River Engineering Works on the Dyje River Floodplain in the Czech Republic"
The aim of the present study is to investigate changes in the channel morphology and land use of the lower part of the Dyje River floodplain as a result of river engineering works.
"Economic Ideology about the Environment: From Adam Smith to Bjørn Lomborg"
The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.
Review of Situating Environmental History, edited by Ranjan Chakrabarti
Debojyoti Das’s review of an environmental history reader containing essays by Karl Jacoby, Alok Kumar Ghosh, Arun Bandopadhyay, Archana Prasad, Vinita Damodaran, Ritajyoti Bandhopadhyay, Kaushik Roy, Arabinda Samanta, Amal Das, Sahara Ahmed, Jagdish N. Sinha, Sumit Guha, Rita Pemberton, Lawrence G. Gundersen, and Tridib Chakraborty.
"The Introduction of Historical and Cultural Values in the Sustainable Management of European Forests"
A summary of a document produced for the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe.
“Western Europe is Warming Much Faster Than Expected”
Climate predictions for western Europe probably underestimate the effects of anthropogenic climate change.
“Putting the Rise of the Inca Empire within a Climatic and Land Management Context”
In this article, the authors argue that the rise of the Inca would not have been possible without increased crop productivity, which was linked to more favorable climatic conditions.
“Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Biological Diversity: Answers from the Past”
This paper illustrates, through a series of case-studies, how long-term ecological records (>50 years) can provide a test of predictions and assumptions of ecological processes that are directly relevant to management strategies necessary to retain biological diversity in a changing climate.
“Social Vulnerability to Climate in the ‘Little Ice Age’: An Example from Central Europe in the Early 1770s”
A study of social vulnerability to climate in Switzerland and in the Czech Lands during the early 1770s.
"Unruly Edges: Mushrooms as Companion Species"
Anna Tsing’s essay opens a door to multispecies landscapes as protagonists for histories of the world.