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“The Heat Is On!”
In this Springs article, historian Melanie Arndt examines how the foundations for production, perception, and consumption of heating were laid at the turn of the twentieth century.
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“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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“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.
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“Vulnerable Populations: The Role of Population Dynamics in Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation in Africa”
The editorial for Vulnerable Populations: The Role of Population Dynamics in Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation in Africa, a special issue of The Journal of Population and Sustainability.
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“Earth Beyond Six of Nine Planetary Boundaries”
A 2023 update on the planetary boundaries framework.
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“An Environmental History Perspective on the UN Agenda 2030 (‘Sustainable Development Goals’)”
A reflection on the Sustainabile Development Goals (SDGs) in environmental history.
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“In the Teeth of History: Dental Decay in the Longue Durée”
Frank Zelko dives into the history of teeth and shows that today’s teeth are the product of centuries of biocultural evolution.
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“Not Every Kid Is WEIRD: A Conversation with Francesca Mezzenzana”
One of our editors, Brady Fauth, sits down with anthropologist Francesca Mezzenzana to discuss her developing research into children’s human–nonhuman relationships across cultures.
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“Home, Roots, Cosmos: A Path through Calvino’s Ecology”
This essay brings previously underexplored paths of political ecology, environmental history, and even biosemiotics and plant neurophysiology in Italo Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees (1957) to light.