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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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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.
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“Too Much Loose Sand”: Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland
An exploration of Colm Tóibín’s literary responses to the coastal erosion of Ireland’s County Wexford.
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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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One Century of Reindeer on South Georgia: From Introduction to Eradication
Beginning in 2013, reindeer on South Georgia—originally brought to the island by whalers in 1911—were eradicated in order to safeguard local biodiversity.
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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.
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“Representations, Traces, Vital Agents: Why Images Matter to Environmental History”
A reflection on the use of images in environmental history.
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“Mixed Methods, Dry Valleys, New Insights”
A reflection on the use of mixed methods in environmental history.