Multimedia | journal article
“Human Overpopulation: The Elephant in the Greenhouse”
In this Springs article, professor Helen Tiffin considers the role of human overpopulation in the environmental crisis.
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Multimedia | interviews and talks
“The Limits to Growth and the Future of Humanity”
Dennis L. Meadows on the Future of our Planet.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
“The Future of our Planet”
Dennis L. Meadows on the Future of our Planet.
Multimedia | film profile
Warmzeit [Warming Period]
This film depicts the lives of ordinary people around the world as they become increasingly impacted by climate change.
Multimedia | film profile
Severn: La Voix de nos Enfants [Severn: The Voice of our Children]
In 1992, a 12-year-old girl named Severn addressed the UN about climate change. Now grown up and expecting a child, she explains how much must still be done.
Multimedia | film profile
Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice
This episode of a four-part documentary series reveals the struggles of indigenous Ethiopians and the Q’eros people of the Peruvian Andes against the pressures of religious conflicts and climate change.
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Climate Change and Pastoral Nomads: Feedback Loops in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
This article focuses on the complicated interactions between climate change and the lives of people in and near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Conquest of Beijing: Hidden Contributions of Climate Change to the Tumu Crisis, 1449–1450
The Tumu Crisis, a nomadic invasion of the Ming Dynasty in the 1450s, coincided with the Spörer Minimum—a period of cooler-than-average temperatures known for having triggered famines and unrest in Europe.
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Water, Firewood, and Disease in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul
This article looks at extreme droughts in Istanbul to understand the nineteenth-century changes in the Ottoman State.