A reflection on the globalization of toxic waste as a global environmental justice issue, both at home and abroad.
This article charts the rise and fall of ocean incineration and describes how coastal communities and transnational organizations challenged it.
This article focuses on the complicated interactions between climate change and the lives of people in and near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Underground mining on South Africa’s Rand transformed the air.
This article explores the history and effects of the (hydro)electrification of the Ashio Copper Mine.
This interview with Paul Crutzen is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.
This chapter from the virtual exhibition “The Life of Waste” considers the myriad practices of managing waste, such as burning, burying, discarding, disposal, reuse, and recycling.
This chapter from the virtual exhibition “The Life of Waste” discusses the call for radical changes in our consumption and production patterns, and littering behavior. It explores the concepts of zero waste, upcycling, and recycling.
The flooding in Singapore in 1954 was one of the most significant floods on the island in the twentieth century.
The Machine upgraded by Dufrayer was able to pump the impressive amount of 20,000 m3 per day but new concern threatened its existence: the Seine waters growing pollution.
