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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3h

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3h

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3h

Check out Jack Bouchard's review of "Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History," edited by Stefan Huebner, Nadin Heé, Ian J. Miller, and William M. Tsutsui, published in 2024 by University of Hawai'i Press; now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 19h

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio. https://scim.ag/4791YqA

Fate of the last female great auk is finally solved

DNA and historical sleuthing have traced the extinct bird’s remains to a museum in Ohio

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 7d

UC Press is looking for a Publicist! Help amplify authors, pitch stories that spark conversation, & champion bold, field-defining books. Apply here. Or spread the word!
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...

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JSTOR Daily @jstordaily.bsky.social · 1d

Painters of the Hudson River School understood what was happening to North American forests in the nineteenth century, and they didn’t like it. https://bit.ly/42tM7Ag

The Art of Deforestation - JSTOR Daily

Landscape paintings show how quickly American forests changed in the early nineteenth century—and the mixed feelings people had about that change.

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 3d

#scuba

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @inverting-vision.bsky.social & @jstordaily.bsky.social!

Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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Arthur C. Clarke’s Scuba Adventures and Ocean Frontiers - JSTOR Daily

Clarke’s interest in oceanic exploration in the 1950s was, like his undersea fiction, often neglected by an audience focused on the race for outer space.

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MancHSTM @manchstm.bsky.social · 1d

Please mark your diaries for an online workshop on the history of glaciology and polar science in Asia. *(Melting) Ice* - 17 Nov 2025. Attendance is free, but please register for the event.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...
#histstm #histsci

Online Workshop: (Melting) Ice. 17 November 2025

Jointly with the JRRI and the MCI: Second event in our Manchester Workshop Series on Natural Archives and the History of Science in Asia. 17 November 2025, 2-4:30pm

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 8d

Our 70% Off Sale is live! 📚

Save on thousands of select titles & editions across subjects until October 31. Explore the books on sale and refresh your shelves this autumn: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off

#ReadUP

Graphic reads "Annual Sale. 70% Off. October 1-31"

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Check out Magdalena Gil's review of María de los Ángeles Picone's "Landscaping Patagonia: Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #landscape
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Women in the Arctic and Antarctic @warcticantarctic.bsky.social · 6d

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program call for the Polar Archives Research Award - Oct 31, 2025 deadline library.osu.edu/polararchive... @arcticcentreumu.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social @eupolarcluster.bsky.social @scottpolar.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 1d

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Terra Nova

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 22d

There is still time to review a book this Fall semester! Check out some of the awesome new titles that I have available for review. Pass it on! #envhist #envhum #energy #aghist #ecocrit #conservation #sustatinability #envtech #water #naturewriting
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Books Available to review for H-Environment

Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at [email protected] for DM me at @farso...

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J.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring. It's a real needle-in-a-haystack search for an experienced teacher who can help reimagine our flagship (i.e., huge) intro course for a new era. 3/3 load. Convenient to Hollywood and Holbox.

usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Open-rank Assistant, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at USC

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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 1d

It's the official publication day for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS. Want to know why the US turns 40 percent of the corn crop into fuel? How the US and Brazil became the world's two largest ethanol producers? Tom Rogers and I have answers.
www.oupress.com/978080619601...

Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press

Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...

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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 2d

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out Katherine McNally (@yale.edu)’s review of André Tavares (University of Porto)’s book _Architecture Follows Fish: An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic_, pub 2022 @mitpress.bsky.social

#oceans‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
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Review available
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Vanessa Koh's review of Xiangli Ding's "Hydropower Nation: Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China," published in 2024 by @universitypress.cambridge.org; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #water #envtech
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David Sepkoski @hallucigenia.bsky.social · 4d

Very happy to announce that the Handbook of the Historiography of Earth and Environmental Sciences I coedited with Elena Aronova and Marco Tamborini is now available, for free (open access) via this link:
link.springer.com/referencewor...

Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences

This open access handbook assesses the historiography and the future of major themes and approaches within the history of the earth sciences.

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Without a doubt, if they are a good student, my colleague Barbara Hahn's book is terrific.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

Technology in the Industrial Revolution

Cambridge Core - Economic History - Technology in the Industrial Revolution

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Heroic Failure and the British

From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

She has published some great work the heroic age; also see
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1890 to the Present (Chapter 10) - The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions

The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions - May 2023

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Check out Danielle Chu's review of Rowan Lubbock's "Cultivating Socialism: Venezuela, Alba, and the Politics of Food
Sovereignty," published in 2024 by @ugapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #foodhist #aghist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 3d

Shackleton biographer Michael Smith says he 'doubts this will change our view of Shackleton... that he was a man who took chances and made big calls under pressure.' It probably should though. If Franklin or Scott had been as negligent about their ships, I don't think it would be lightly dismissed

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

I think serious scholars of Antarctic history have been critical of Shackleton's widespread adulation for years. For us, this is just like one more thing. Check out Stephanie Barczewski's book on the history of Scott/Shackleton perceptions
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/antarctic...

Antarctic Destinies

This book covers the two most famous expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12 and Ernest S…

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/s...

Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice

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Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com · 3d

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER PUBLISHED A BOOK! You could be owed money from the Anthropic Class Action (c $3k per book) if its in the database. None of mine are, but some people I know are!

www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Homepage | ANT

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