“Apocalypse Then, Now—and Future?”
This article discusses apocalyptic imagination in and beyond the sciences.
This article discusses apocalyptic imagination in and beyond the sciences.
This article suggests an alternative understanding of global warming and gives a thermodynamic and historical account of ecological destruction.
This article discusses the limits of warnings issued by scientists and what is needed for actual change.
Excerpt from the book American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science by Megan Raby.
This article examines the implications of the discussions surrounding the Justinianic Plague for the discipline of history.
This essay looks at the career of Marston Bates and his turn from mosquito researcher to public intellectual.
This is a commentary on COVID-19 and its relation to human and environmental systems.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, former Rachel Carson Center fellow David Moon is interviewed on his new book, The American Steppes: The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s–1930s.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, former Rachel Carson Center fellow David Munns is interviewed on his new book, Engineering the Environment: Phytotrons and the Quest for Climate Control in the Cold War.
Geoffrey Herklots’ ambition to promote biology in interwar Hong Kong reflects the geopolitics of the British Empire.