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“Roots through Asphalt: A Conversation with Sonja Dümpelmann”
In this Springs article, landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann and Rachel Carson Center editor Pauline Kargruber discuss plants in an urban environment.
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“The Slow Death of an Ethiopian Lake”
In this article, environmentalist Hayal Desta considers the impact of agrarian practices and climate change on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
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“The Isthmus of Panama and the Knowledge Anthropocene”
In this Springs article, historian Paul S. Sutter considers the “Knowledge Anthropocene” as well as deep time in George Perkins Marsh’s understanding of the construction of Panama’s Darién canal.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Christina Gerhardt, author of An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Christina Gerhardt is interviewed on her recent book, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean.
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Exploring City Wetlands: Small Resilient Unruly (Story Map)
Interactive story map by Paolo Gruppuso on urban ecologies in Latina, Italy.
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Responding to the Anthropocene: Perspectives from Twelve Academic Disciplines
In this book, scholars and scientists from twelve disciplines write about the Anthropocene.
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Exploraciones subterráneas: Siguiendo la (in)visibilidad geotérmica de los Andes chilenos
Full text in Spanish of Rachel Carson Center alumnus Martín Fonck’s dissertation.
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Anne Frank’s Tree: Nature’s Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust
In this book, environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology’s role in dominating both nature and humanity.
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Capturing Glaciers: A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming
A book on the history of repeat photography of glaciers.
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“The Cistern-System of Early Modern Venice: Technology, Politics and Culture in a Hydraulic Society.”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the Venetian cistern-system and its a success as a technology for treating rainwater.