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Environmental Dimensions of the RMS Leinster Sinking
An exploration of environmental and cultural history of the Irish Sea via the sinking of the RMS Leinster during WW1.
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“Dune(s): Fiction, History, and Science on the Oregon Coast”
What connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering?
Multimedia | book excerpt
Dispatches from the South China Sea Navigating to Common Ground
A book by James Borton on overfishing, illegal and unregulated fishing, coral reef destruction and reclamations, and, eventually, on ways of preserving our oceans.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Malcolm Harris, author of Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Malcolm Harris is interviewed on his recent book, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.
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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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“The Poetics of Dunes”
Joana Freitas reveals the reasons, troubles, and charm of writing about sand and how poetry can be more effective than prose to describe dunes.
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Dunes, Development, and Delay: Climate Change Comes to Long Beach
An east-coast beachfront neighborhood faces a difficult decision about how to respond to storms and rising seas.