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The Network in Canadian History & Environment.
NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history. #envhist
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We've got a really fascinating seminar coming up in a couple of weeks (14/05, 14:00) from our own Jon Roberts from Extinction Studies DTP (University of Leeds) Leeds Environmental Humanities Research Group about hookworm in Cornish mines. We're looking forward to seeing you there. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-tropical-d…
#MountStHelens | April 30, 1980
USGS geologist David Johnston descends into St. Helens' crater to sample ponded water for measuring SO2 levels. After a 1/2 hr., Johnston and Rick Hoblitt take off.
Less than an hour later, a 4.0 quake sends ice blocks tumbling into the crater.
If you are a historian interested in commenting on the outcome of this past week’s #PlasticsTreaty talks in Ottawa for our website, check out our guidelines and get in touch!
niche-canada.org/guidelines-for…
#envhist #plastics #fossilfuels
#PlasticsTreaty talks have concluded. Despite a handful of countries taking a stand to keep ambitious proposals alive, most States accepted a compromise that played into the hands of petrostates & industry influence.
👀 Our full statement: bit.ly/3JLZdyR
Some fieldwork highlights from Granada, Isla de Gigantes Norte, Philippines from January 2024. A team led by Prof. Cynthia Neri Zayas with the researcher Brandon Pundamiera have studying the atob/atog stone #fishweirs & fishing communities’ heritage of Isla de Gigantes.1/5
When it's all laid out, it's an incredible tribute to the herbarium and an impressive condemnation of Duke's shortsightedness. Kathleen Pryer
Really looking forward to joining Dr Olga Smith’s brilliant seminar series on art and ecology tomorrow in Newcastle!
If you're in Cambridge tomorrow and free at 5pm, come along to my talk on medieval & early modern coastal change, wetlands and monastic landscapes! 🌊
hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series/m…
Cambridge Medieval Durham History
Environment+Society HistoryLab Northern Environmental History Network
Find out about how I afforded to live in Santa Monica as a broke grad student and much more in this fun article by Caitlin Hernández (they/them) about my upcoming book SAND RUSH!
ocregister.com/2024/04/29/how…
Très heureux d'annoncer la journée 'Les pollutions de l'Antiquité à nos jours' (6 juin) organisée à Nice dans le cadre des Printemps de l'histoire environnementale du Le Ruche avec Lavinia Maddaluno CHEVIRON JEAN-LUC Centre de la Méditerranée Moderne et Contemporaine, encore merci Broch florent pour l'illustration. Infos👇