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The Australia Day Floods, January 1974
Brisbane’s 1974 floods substantially damaged Brisbane, accelerating the government’s plans for a second flood mitigation dam.
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The Ecology of Yellow Fever in Antebellum New Orleans: Sugar, Water Control, and Urban Development
Epidemic yellow fever plagued New Orleans due to a series of environmental and demographic changes enabled by the rise of sugar production and urban development.
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Plant Politics in Karachi
This article investigates how plants are supported by systems of ethno-political, military, and neoliberal power in urban Pakistan.
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Lahar Meets Locomotive: New Zealand’s Tangiwai Railway Disaster of Christmas Eve 1953
The Tangiwai disaster of 1953, New Zealand’s worst railway accident, is an environmental disaster with an enduring legacy.
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The 1795 Disaster: Casualties of the Spiritual Waterscape of Lough Derg, County Donegal
An account of the 1795 mass drowning on Lough Derg in Ireland’s County Donegal.
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Living in the Time of a Subsurface Revolution: The 1783 Calabrian Earthquake Sequence
In 1783, strong earthquakes shook Calabria. These events, in combination with a dry sulfuric fog, led contemporaries to believe they lived in the time of a “subsurface revolution.”
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“The Tornado Was Not the A-Bomb’s Child”: The Politics of Extreme Weather in the Age of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing
When a tornado strikes Worcester, Massachusetts, residents suspect the disaster is the work of an unlikely culprit—the atomic bomb.
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The Aura River Ice Jam in Turku, March 1903
Historical documents provide detailed descriptions of ice-jam flood events and climate impacts in riverine communities.
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The Day the Falls Stopped Flowing: Devastation and Resilience in Tropical Queensland
José Paronella’s dream continues at Paronella Park despite catastrophic flood and cyclonic events.
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Remembering the Night of Noah: Flood Memory and Townsville's Floods of 1998 and 2019
Flood memory in Townsville is strong, but this does not align with the city’s capacity to live sustainably with floods.