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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12d

Pollutting now and cleaning up later is not a viable strategy: Direct Air Capture (DAC) is hitting a hard reality check.

Costs are falling much slower than anticipated, casting doubts on the nascent technique’s role in tackling climate change.

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · 15d

Our paper on the Argo program and how the ocean became understood through the lense of climate modelling is out now in Environment and Planning E! #envhist #histofsci 🌊

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Co-environing the ocean and climate: The Argo program - Susanna Lidström, Adam Wickberg, 2025

The Argo program is an international scientific network that coordinates an array of autonomous floats that roam (primarily) the upper 2000 meters of the ice-fr...

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Alexandra Urisman Otto @alexandrauo.bsky.social · Aug 28

”Scientists have warned previously that Amoc collapse must be avoided ’at all costs’. It would shift the tropical rainfall belt on which many millions of people rely to grow their food, plunge western Europe into extreme cold winters and summer droughts, and add 50cm to already rising sea levels.”

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

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Sebastian Lundsteen @sebmergence.bsky.social · Aug 14

I am thrilled to announce that I will be collaborating with Adam Wickberg and the brilliant group at KTH's Centre of Excellence for Anthropocene History this fall as a visiting scholar. So, if you are in proximity to Stockholm between September 1st and December 1st and want to hang out: HMU

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our paper on digital twins of the ocean is out now in this great special issue of New Media & Society, alongside contributions from Jussi Parikka, Rob Kitchin,Geoffrey Bowker among others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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#envhist #bluehumanities #envhum

Digital twins of the ocean: Wet environing media and marine futures - Adam Wickberg, Susanna Lidström, 2025

The EU’s Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) is presented as a coherent, high-resolution, multi-dimensional, multi-variable and near real-time representation of the...

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Jul 22

Grattis till nytt spännande jobb Alexandra, låter som en plattform som behövs idag!

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Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Jun 25

On my way back from Venice where I had a great time at the Historical Epistemolgies of Planetary Modelling organised by Tom Turnbull & @adamwickberg.bsky.social, with an altogether great crew. Unfortunately, missed the wedding.

Slide projected on the wall below a painted ceiling.
The slide shows a dark circle with the text « Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling, Ca’ Foscari, NICHE, Venice », with a red banner reading « Toward a radical Earth system science », an pink banner reading « WEDDING EDITION!! » and two flying seagulls (because, in Venice, the seagulls are well-fed and .assertive.)

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Jun 20

VENICE: Exciting event happening on Monday and Tuesday 23-24th of June: www.unive.it/data/33113/2...

3rd HEPM workshop with a great line up of speakers including @drewpendergrass.bsky.social @beatricecointe.bsky.social @edouardmorena.bsky.social @geoffmann.bsky.social @julianordblad.bsky.social

WORKSHOP | Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling III - Unive

seminario/lezione

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · May 29

Great opportunity for prospective PhDs to join my colleague Henrik Ernstson at KTH and partly in Singapore to work on dredging

www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...

#envhum

KTH | Doctoral student in Political Ecology (Sustainability Studies)

KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · May 21

Other articles from the same issue include Drew Pendergrass:
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Sverker Sörlin: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Christoph Rosol: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Forthcoming are Sabine Höhler. Aisha Kadiri and yours truly w Tom Turnbull

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · May 21

another article from our forthcoming special issue on Historical Epistemologies of planetary modeeling in Anthropocene review just dropped: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · May 18

My friends and colleagues Tom Turnbull & Daniela Russ’ fantastic book Energy’s history reviewed in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#envhist #energysky

Energy’s international history and future

Scholars find lessons for today in foundational energy texts with an emphasis on the Global South

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · May 15

www.dn.se/kultur/det-k...
Fin recension av två nya viktiga böcker som alla bör läsa av @lisarostlund.bsky.social och @alexandrauo.bsky.social

Det krävs en global revolution för att tackla klimatkrisen

Författaren Mats Söderlund läser Lisa Röstlunds och Alexandra Urisman Ottos handbok i klimatjournalistik. Och Röstlunds granskning ”Norgeparadoxen”.

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Apr 25

Here is my review of @wimcarton.bsky.social and Malm’s excellent book Overshoot in @criticalinquiry.bsky.social with a shout to @brettchristophers.bsky.social

@anthropocenekth.bsky.social

#envhum #envhist #greensky #climatesky

Critical Inquiry @criticalinquiry.bsky.social · Apr 24

"Andreas Malm and Wim Carton argue that we have been lulled by the liberal greenwash of a climate mitigation process that has persuaded us we are on track."

Adam Wickberg on Andreas Malm and Wim Carton's Overshoot, from @versobooks.bsky.social: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/adam_wickber...

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Alexandra Urisman Otto @alexandrauo.bsky.social · Mar 3

Har tillsammans med @lisarostlund.bsky.social skrivit Att låta världen få veta - en handbok i klimatjournalistik. Vi har intervjuat forskare, mediechefer och journalister i hela världen och samlat grundkunskaper och perspektiv som alla journalister - och nyhetskonsumenter - behöver i den här tiden.

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · Apr 2

PhD position in the history of science, technology, and environment at the KTH in Stockholm, Sweden.
Deadline: 7 April.
#EnvHist #EnvHum

KTH | Doctoral student in History of Science, Technology and Environment

KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.

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daniela russ @ueberdruss.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Mar 26

Congratulations Melina, looks like a great and timely project!

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Mar 25

Yes, I think so, as long as Gabrielle agrees to it :)

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Mar 25

Join us for the first online seminar on doing Anthropocene History with Gabrielle Dürbeck, this Thursday at 15.30.

@anthropocenekth.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #anthropocene

www.kth.se/anthropocene...

Doing Anthropocene History #1: Natural-Cultural Memory in the Anthropocene – theoretical reflections and examples in contemporary narratives | KTH

Join us for the first session in our Doing Anthropocene History seminar series for 2025 with Gabriele Dürbeck.

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Julia Nordblad @julianordblad.bsky.social · Mar 5

Two salaried 4-year PhD positions open at the Department of History of Science and Ideas in Uppsala, one in idéhistoria (intellectual/cultural history, broadly speaking), the other in history of science:

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PhD student in the history of science - Uppsala University

PhD student in the history of science, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Mar 4

Read @brettchristophers.bsky.social great piece in the Guardian.

Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · Mar 3

For the Guardian, I did a piece about BP, climate change and capitalism.

BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works

The failure to deal with the climate emergency is not a problem of greedy individual companies, but a system rigged against positive change, says Brett Christophers, a professor of economic geography

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Feb 23

Mycket bra av Alf Hornborg i DN idag:

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DN Debatt. ”Trump får våra illusioner att rämna”

DN Debatt. Alf Hornborg, professor i humanekologi om hot som hela tiden lurat under ytan. Demokrati, klimat och frihandel i relation till det globala syd.

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thank you Libby, looks good!

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Alexandra Urisman Otto @alexandrauo.bsky.social · Feb 12

EU framhålls ofta som föregångare inom klimatpolitiken. Men rika länder som bidragit mycket till krisen - och som har god förmåga att ställa om - har förbundit sig att gå före. Skriver om ny rapport som bekräftar vad som har slagits fast flera gånger tidigare: det EU gör är långt ifrån tillräckligt.

WWF: Nytt EU-klimatmål är otillräckligt

Länderna i Europa har så stor historisk skuld till klimatkrisen att det planerade nya utsläppsmålet måste skärpas. Det menar WWF i en ny rapport.

www.dn.se

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