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Good Foods and Bad Foods: The 1862 Measles Epidemic and Diet in Edo
This article explores changing dietary practices during the 1862 measles epidemic in Edo, Japan.
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Cryptids and Disasters: Serpents and a Werewolf in the Western Indian Ocean Region
In Tanzania and Mauritius, physical disasters are filtered through cultural lenses, including sightings of cryptids: serpents and a werewolf.
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Multispecies Walden Woods: Reevaluating Thoreau’s Religion
What happens when we look at Walden Woods of 1845 through a multispecies lens?
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Threats to the Hadzabe and Why We Should Care
A look at the sociopolitical and environmental threats facing the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers in the Eyasi Basin, Tanzania.
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Making Rain under the Mallas
Nepalese manuscripts on rainmaking rituals offer data on droughts in historical climate reconstructions.
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Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Mennonite migrations from Ukraine to Kansas in 1874 transformed traditional tallgrass prairie for grain production.
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Hostage to Nuclear Power Plants: Weekly Funeral Procession Protest at the Wolsong Nuclear Power Plants, Gyeongju, South Korea
The residents near Wolsong Nuclear Power Plants at Gyeongju, South Korea, protest to claim their rights to live with dignity.
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What Does It Mean to Study Environments in Ukraine Now?
An essay on Russian imperialism and the entanglement of the geologic and the military.
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Climate Change and Pastoral Nomads: Feedback Loops in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
This article focuses on the complicated interactions between climate change and the lives of people in and near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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The Mighty Streams: Coping with Rivers in the Ancient World
This article presents examples of ancient conceptions of rivers as more-than-human agents and their struggle with humans.