The Mighty Streams: Coping with Rivers in the Ancient World
This article presents examples of ancient conceptions of rivers as more-than-human agents and their struggle with humans.
This article presents examples of ancient conceptions of rivers as more-than-human agents and their struggle with humans.
Fourth chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Matthew S. Henry is interviewed on his recent book, Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition.
This article examines how issues of representation and aesthetics have impacted the environmental history of early modern Europe.
In 1929, the Kondopoga hydroelectric power station was built and resulted in the damming of Lake Girvas and the diversion of the Suna River. This transformation of landscape resulted in the near loss of one of Russia’s foremost nature sites: the Kivach waterfall.
A book by Christina Gerhardt that weaves together essays, maps, art, and poetry to show us—and make us see—island nations in a warming world.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Sritama Chatterjee is interviewed on her recent essay, Off-Shore Aesthetics.
Rivers need property rights so that humans can live with floods.
In this article, environmentalist Hayal Desta considers the impact of agrarian practices and climate change on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
In this Springs article, English literature and blue humanities scholar Steve Mentz reflects on his time as a Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Center, and the bond he developed with the Steinsee.