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The Hub’s Archipelago: The Connected Histories of Boston and Its Harbor Islands
The natural-looking Boston Harbor Islands have been shaped by the city of Boston for centuries, making them into urban islands.
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Water Flows and Topographic Networks of Power: Social Struggles for Water in the Copiapó Valley in the Eighteenth Century
This article rethinks the environmental history of water and power in Copiapó between 1744 and 1801.
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The Aura River Ice Jam in Turku, March 1903
Historical documents provide detailed descriptions of ice-jam flood events and climate impacts in riverine communities.
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Virtuous Bees: How Beekeeping Helps Protect Primary Forests in the Russian Far East
This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.
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The Day the Falls Stopped Flowing: Devastation and Resilience in Tropical Queensland
José Paronella’s dream continues at Paronella Park despite catastrophic flood and cyclonic events.
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Remembering the Night of Noah: Flood Memory and Townsville's Floods of 1998 and 2019
Flood memory in Townsville is strong, but this does not align with the city’s capacity to live sustainably with floods.
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The Competing Influences of Deluge and Drought in Queensland’s Dry Tropics
The 2019 flooding of Townsville in northern Australia proved that Queensland’s dry tropical environment is a temperamental master.
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The War Against the Goats in Interwar Greece
This article investigates forest policy in the period of dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas in Greece.
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Imagining a New Eden in the Nuclear West
The blooming desert in a 1940s magazine ad showcases the idyllic landscapes and conspicuous absences in atomic bucolic imagery.
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Recollecting the “prodotti vegetali” of the Natural History Museum, University of Florence
This article briefly retraces the history of a Florentine botanical museum as a reflection of changes in people-plant relations.