Multimedia | film profile
Chasing Ice
This film follows photographer James Balog’s multi-year record of the impacts of climate change on the Arctic.
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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.
Multimedia | journal article
"Forestry and Flooding in the Annecy Petit Lac Catchment, Haute-Savoie 1730–2000"
This paper attempts to demonstrate the nature of human impact on forest cover and flooding in the Annecy Petit Lac Catchment in pre-Alpine Haute Savoie, France, between 1730 and 2000.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
Anya Zilberstein on "Count Rumford and the Landscape of Munich's English Garden"
Anya Zilberstein, Carson Fellow from February 2012 until July 2012, talks about her project on prison gardens, especially the work of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), who designed Munich’s English Garden in the late eighteenth century.
Arcadia
The Melting “Crown of the Continent”: Visual History of Glacier National Park
Detailing the converging human and geological histories of Glacier National Park, US, this article traces the demise of the park’s primary attraction, the glaciers.
Exhibition chapter
Introduction | The Northwest Passage
A mere dream for centuries, the Northwest Passage has now become a place and a topic where scientific and traditional knowledge intersect. This is the introductory chapter of “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources”—a virtual exhibition written by historian Elena Baldassarri.
Arcadia
Historic Lake Level Variability and Current Disasters on the Shores of Lake Tanganyika
A historically grounded interpretation of Lake Tanganyika’s rising lake waters shows that global warming presents just one of many challenges facing the region.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Capturing Glaciers: A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming
A book on the history of repeat photography of glaciers.
Multimedia | film profile
Tipping Point
On a journey through the Northwest Passage, this film examines the devastating effects of the Arctic’s disappearing sea ice on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.
Perspectives
Sites of Remembering: Landscapes, Lessons, Policies
This volume explores the potential contribution memory studies can make to policymaking, in particular on conservation and disaster resilience.