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“Australia Burning”

Griffiths, Tom

In this Springs article, historian Tom Griffiths considers Australia’s devastating 2019 and 2020 bushfires and the cultural and worldwide impact they had.

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“The Magic Mirror: Legends, Limnology, and Nuclear Power on Lake Stechlin”

Lee, Jessica

The entwined history of legends, literature, limnology, and a Cold War nuclear power plant at Lake Stechlin in northeastern Germany.

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“Rivers as Battlefields: Ukraine’s Dnipro”

Josephson, Paul

Ukraine’s Dnipro River and nearby inhabitants have lived through brute-force environmental change and war over the last century.

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“Weathered History: Galveston and Extreme Events”

Princen, Thomas

In this Springs article, natural-resource and environmental-policy professor Thomas Princen explores three extreme weather events in the Houston-Galveston area, Texas.

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Multimedia | interviews and talks

Sherry Johnson on “The Culture of Catastrophe”

Sherry Johnson, Carson Fellow from January 2010 until July 2010, talks about her research on the history of disasters and climatology and the related environmental, social, and political changes.

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"Natural Hazards and Risks in Alpine Environments - From Science to Early Warning Systems"

Stähli, Manfred, and Marcel Hürlimann

This presentation by Manfred Stähli and Marcel Hürlimann for the 2016 CCES Competence Center Environment and Sustainability conference entitled “Natural Hazards and Risks in Alpine Environments - From Science to Early Warning Systems” highlights the challenges and goals of weather forecasting related to climate-related disasters and emergency responses.

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Istvan Praet on "Natural Catastrophes"

Istvan Praet, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about the perception of catastrophes among the Chachi, the Amerindian inhabitants of Esmeraldas, a lowland region on the Pacific coast.

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