Roundtable Review of Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway
Why do we continue to talk about the debate over global warming as if it were a scientific controversy?
Why do we continue to talk about the debate over global warming as if it were a scientific controversy?
This editorial note introduces the four major conference themes of the 5th International Water History Association (IWHA) Conference ‘Pasts and Futures of Water’ in June 2007: (i) water, health and sanitation; (ii) water, food and economy; (iii) water and the city; and (iv) water governance and policy.
This paper discusses changes in land and vegetation cover and natural resources of the Cape Verde Islands since their colonisation by the Portuguese around 1460.
This film examines the processes and politics involved in mining uranium at sites such as the Olympic Dam in Australia and transporting it to Europe in order to generate nuclear power.
Full article by Heather I. Sullivan.
Nepalese manuscripts on rainmaking rituals offer data on droughts in historical climate reconstructions.
The Polynesian community of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, experiences the devastating effects of climate change first-hand.
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Drought, Mud, Filth, and Flood: Water Crises in Australian Cities, 1880s–2010s,” the authors show how the development of Brisbane, Queensland, on a floodplain rendered the city vulnerable to flood events. Although engineering measures have mitigated floods, this overview highlights the enduring belief in urban “flood-proofing” alongside evidence that it cannot ever be achieved in this context.
Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.
Imperfect Balance offers a balance of accessible writing and scholarly approaches to understanding the Western Hemisphere’s incredibly diverse landscapes, the human forces that shaped them, and the impact of this interaction on sustained human settlement.