The Anthropocene Earth System and Three Human Stories
Julia Adeney Thomas explores three types of narrative that are emerging as people try to get to grips with the Anthropocene and their potential for steering our future course.
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Old and New Patterns of the Anthropocene
Jan Zalasiewicz presents the mounting evidence of the Anthropocene as a proposed geological epoch and points to the possible trajectories of planet Earth.
The Sounds of Antarctica: A Sonic Expedition!
In this episode from Outrage + Optimism, hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson talk about the visibility of women in the context of sciences, the soundscapes and animals of Antarctica, as well as human intervention in this natural sphere.
“Medicalising Electricity in the Dutch Republic, 1745–1789”
This article sheds light on the processes and tactics used by eighteenth-century electricians in making medical electricity a legitimate remedy in the Dutch Republic.
“Planetary Environing: The Biosphere and the Earth System”
A chapter from the book Environing Media (2022).
“How Tuna Shaped Oceanography”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Carmel Finley.
“Science, Society, Signs”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Harald Lesch.
“From the Anthropocene to the New Climatic Regime”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Bruno Latour.
“Shrinking Sea Ice as a Prism of Climate Change Understanding”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Nina Wormbs.
“The World as a Wardian Case”
In this article, historian Kate Brown considers the connections between plants, biospheres, and the politics of breathing. “What can the history of controlled environments tell us,” she asks, “about how we understand the planet today?”