Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
A book by Christina Gerhardt that weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world.
A book by Christina Gerhardt that weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world.
The focus on human-environment relations from the perspective of climate change alone is too narrow. Often, society experiences climate change through political and technical decisions, rather than as an environmental crisis.
Schur Petri demonstrates how local health workers can effectively communicate climate risks on the ground.
The science of palynology has proved to be a good tool to reconstruct the past, to build up archaeological scenarios and to record climatic changes during the Holocene period. However, the terms employed to denote climate, like arid and humid, are often used without proper definitions, ignoring intricacies of climate…
Through an ethnographic account about the use of an electromagnetic water system in the Amish community, Nicole Welk-Joerger explores the conceptual meeting ground between sacred and secular worldviews in efforts that address the Anthropocene.
This article looks at extreme droughts in Istanbul to understand the nineteenth-century changes in the Ottoman State.
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.
This film examines attempts by communities and experts around the world to protect their water resources in the face of global warming, pollution, and political conflict.
A report on the activities and debates at the fifth World Water Forum held at Istanbul in March 2009.
Is the Arctic the last frontier? With text, audio, and video, historian Elena Baldassarri describes the historical struggle to find a passage through the perilous environments of the Far North. This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “The Northwest Passage: Myth, Environment, and Resources.”