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Daniella M.
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Historian of Antarctica
#Antarctica #STS #envhist #histsci #polar #maritime #exploration
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
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November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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NICE! What a flipping lovely review of #NaturesMemory. And a lovely way to end the week!😊
"Inspired and inspiring... With Nature’s Memory, Ashby makes a vital contribution to the literature on the history of natural history #museums and collections, and critical museology and decolonizing practice."
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Check out Kristan M. Hanson's review of @jackdashby.bsky.social's "Nature's Memory: Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History
Museums," published in 2025 by Allen Lane; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Check out Kristan M. Hanson's review of @jackdashby.bsky.social's "Nature's Memory: Behind the Scenes at the World’s Natural History
Museums," published in 2025 by Allen Lane; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci
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November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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🎙️Mariner's Mirror Podcast 🎙️

Dr Sam Willis visited our archive in Woolwich to discuss the Scottish Antarctica Expedition on board the vessel Scotia, a significant vessel contributing significantly to understanding Oceanography 🌊 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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farsouthhistory.bsky.social
Are you looking to read some new scholarship over the winter? Check out this amazing list of books that I have available to review for H-Environment! Spread the word! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #aghist #landscape #conservation #sustainability #anthropocene #waterhist
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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]. If we haven’t met,...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Pick up your copy of The US Military and the Pacific Environment: The Making of an American Lake today and receive 40% off with discount code: UPKHOLIDAY25 at checkout (kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638703/)
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Check out Thuy Linh Nguyen's review of Andrew C. Isenberg, Beth Bailey & Paul Landsberg's "The US Military and the Pacific Environment: The Making of an American Lake," published in 2024 by @univpressofkansas.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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My new book review is out! #EnvHist
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Check out Sean Keenan's review of Markes E. Johnson's "Natural History and Natural Resources Through the Earth Sciences in Modern China After 1900," published in 2024 by Ethics International Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum
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November 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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cires.colorado.edu
Meet the scientist who stumbled into the cold--and stayed. John Cassano, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences @colorado.edu, lead scientist at the @NSIDC.bsky.social, and CIRES Fellow, recently returned from his 15th research trip to Antarctica
Meet the scientist who stumbled into the cold—and stayed
John Cassano, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at CU Boulder, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and fellow at CIRES, recently
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November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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JOB POSTING!

Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu

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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Check out Ann Elias's review of @helenscales.bsky.social's "Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep," published in 2025 by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #oceanhist #maritime #histsci
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November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Come join the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine's #oceanhist #maritime group today 1-2:30 CT to discuss Sonya Schoenberger's draft "Enclosing the Sea: Marine Resource Sovereignty and the Rise of 'Large Ocean States' in the Postwar Pacific"
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History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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arstechnica.com
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Enormous thanks to our editor Pratik Chakrabarti @pratik-hstm.bsky.social for bringing this incredible volume together. Check it out!!! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/isis/cur...
#intellectualhistory #historyofscience #deephistory
Isis | Vol 116, No 4
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November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Why two tiny mountain peaks became one of the internet’s most famous images
The humble ‘broken image’ icon has a rich backstory – one connected to early web design, camera culture and our timeless urge to find meaning in the landscape.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Check out Marcia Hale's review of Hugo Slim's "Humanitarianism 2.0: New Ethics for the Climate Emergency," published in 2024 by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhum #envhist #climate #disaster
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November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️

Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the “Marine Style” with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in “Marine Style” which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in “Marine Style” with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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'[T]here is evidence that items may have been acquired in the aftermath of ‘dispersals’ – the common euphemism used to downplay punitive actions often resulting in the indiscriminate killing of Indigenous Australians.'

#history #academic #research
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Halley Research Station is open for business!

After a stop at Neumayer, serenaded with a horn farewell, the team reached Halley - only to find one door had reinvented itself as a wall… a wall of snow.

They’re melting it in tea urns for water and slowly getting the station ready for the season.
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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'This is going to be much bigger than we thought': The Maldives' dramatic underwater meeting
The photo shaped the world's perception of the existential threat climate change poses to low-lying island nations.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Check out Adrian Wawrejko's review of Thomas Langford's "The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out: Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community," published in 2024 by University of British Columbia Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist
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November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:

Check out @drflachsophone.bsky.social (Purdue Uni)’s review of Aaron Eddens (Grand Valley State Uni)’s book _Seeding Empire: American Philanthrocapital & the Roots of the Green Revolution in Africa_, pub 2024 @ucpress.bsky.social

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM