Plague, Paleogenetics, and the Boundaries of the Discipline of History
Arcadia, Summer 2020, no. 30
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science
Water is...: The Meaning of Water
Extract from Nina Munteanu’s Water is…—a book on the meaning of water.
“The Post-COVID India: Making Science and Technology Socially and Environmentally Relevant”
This is a commentary on COVID-19 and its relation to human and environmental systems.
“Beyond Nonpartisan Discourses: Radical Knowledge for Extreme Times.”
This article discusses the limits of warnings issued by scientists and what is needed for actual change.
“From Mosquitoes to People”: Marston Bates and the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division
This essay looks at the career of Marston Bates and his turn from mosquito researcher to public intellectual.
American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science
Excerpt from the book American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science by Megan Raby.
“Gaia versus the Anthropocene: Untimely Thoughts on the Current Eco-Catastrophe.”
This article suggests an alternative understanding of global warming and gives a thermodynamic and historical account of ecological destruction.
“Apocalypse Then, Now—and Future?”
This article discusses apocalyptic imagination in and beyond the sciences.
“Speaking for the Earth and Humans in the ‘Age of Consequences’”
This article discusses the future of the environmental humanities and their relation to geoscience.
“Political, Ethical, and Societal Aspects of Issuing Warnings to Humanity”
In this article, Steven Yearley writes about the problems and possibilities of scholars and scientists issuing warnings to leaders and policy-makers.