The Journey of Sand: How the Yellow River Has Shaped Lankao County
This paper traces the journey of sand carried by China’s Yellow River to Lankao County, one of the locales most affected by sandification.
This paper traces the journey of sand carried by China’s Yellow River to Lankao County, one of the locales most affected by sandification.
Greta Gaard on “Approaches to Sustainable Happiness.”
This interview with Paul Crutzen is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.
This film examines attempts by communities and experts around the world to protect their water resources in the face of global warming, pollution, and political conflict.
Director Tomoko Kana compares three islands in different geographies and their adaptation to the impact of climate change through a portrayalof the inhabitants’ daily lives.
Practicing Relativism in the Anthropocene addresses a set of contemporary issues involving knowledge and science from a constructivist-pragmatist perspective often labeled “relativism.”
The First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization, held at Iowa State University in October 1977, contributed to the formation of nascent hydrologics in the late 1970s.
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Energy Transitions,” historian Nuno Luís Madureira discusses the drivers of future transitions in the light of past ones.
This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.
A new perception of time is needed to help predict the long term effects of climate change on the environment as well as on human social systems.