Weathered History: Galveston and Extreme Events
17 minutes
Texas had seen rain before, plenty. It had flooded before, many times. But on 25 August 2017, Hurricane Harvey dumped a volume of water never before c...Chernobyl
7 minutes
I grew up in a country that does not exist anymore—East Germany or the GDR. Perhaps this partially explains my interest in Eastern Europe and its envi...Watch and Act, Summer
6 minutes
At first, there are only a couple of photos. The usual places: The Guardian, Instagram, Facebook. I trace the fire as it creeps down and across...Uses of Environmental History: Lise Sedrez
by Lise Sedrez
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São Paulo, the largest city in South America, is going through a historical drought. So is California, in the USA. That is how newspapers refer to the...