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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 18h

Philip Nelson from the UK’s @greenparty.org.uk outlining very welcome understandings of #heritage. Also positive for #climateheritage contributions to sustainability as well.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/greene...

A Greener Future for Heritage and Tourism

Putting People, Nature and Place at the Heart of the Conversation The Green Party this weekend adopted a comprehensive new Heritage and Tourism Policy at its Autumn Conference — setting out a bold vis...

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 4d

always chirpy and adorable.

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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 12d

#ClimateHeritage 🏺

Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 12d

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/26/a...

The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change

Environmental damage is increasingly visible at the ruins of the former trading hub, located in modern-day Tunisia

www.theartnewspaper.com

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 4d

👉Apply as an Expert Reviewer for the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities!

How to get involved:
1️⃣ Register via the form here: www.tinyurl.com/srcities
2️⃣ Access the review portal
3️⃣ Submit comments

Deadline to apply is 30 Nov

#ipcc #climatechange #climateheritage

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 21d

Sewage surging twice as fast into what should be the protected rivers of our National Parks compared with areas outside the parks.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: river pollution twice as bad inside national parks as outside them

Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas of England and Wales should be cleanest

www.theguardian.com

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 20d

A reminder of precisions of cycles and patterns in nature.

Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 20d

Weatherwatch: Early ripening berries could be bad news for UK’s visiting birds #Climate

Weatherwatch: Early ripening berries could be bad news for UK’s visiting birds

The warmest summer on record has brought a premature autumn – which could leave little food for overwintering birds

www.theguardian.com

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 21d

“Pacific upwelling on the Isthmus has been a predictable & fundamentally imp’t seasonal event across multiple timescales, w/ marine communities, pre-Columbian societies, & modern fisheries becoming reliant upon this reliable phenomenon.”

#climatechange #climateheritage

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025 | PNAS

The Gulf of Panama’s (GOP) seasonal upwelling system has consistently delivered cool, nutrient-rich waters via northerly trade winds every January–...

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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 22d

Abstracts due by November 5th.

ICCROM @iccrom.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Call for Abstracts
Do you have a story of how risk to heritage was reduced or resilience strengthened in your community, institution, or country?
Submit here: iccrom.org/news/call-ab...

Call for Abstracts: Showcasing Innovation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness for Cultural Heritage

Do you have a story of how risk to heritage was reduced or resilience strengthened in your community, institution, or country? We invite you to share your…

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 22d

Addressing inclusion and diversity in the IPCC. “🌍 Climate science needs frontline perspectives integrated as equal partners”

#climatechange #climateheritage

eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

Adverse Climate: Addressing Inclusion and Diversity Issues in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment and beyond

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Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims @kaitsims.bsky.social · 24d

🚨new pub alert!🚨

Absolutely thrilled that my new paper with Julia Sbroglio and Holly Gibbs is published at the Review of Economics of the Household.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hot tempers: Differential effects of heat and drought on domestic violence - Review of Economics of the Household

Domestic violence (DV)–patterns of physical, sexual, economic, or psychological abuse by intimate partners and family members–persists as a serious national issue in Brazil despite public efforts to e...

link.springer.com

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Yellow Dot Studios @weareyellowdot.bsky.social · 27d

"0.3 per cent of the world’s land area – yes, just the land – would be needed to meet the current energy demand from solar alone, which is LESS THAN THE CURRENT LAND FOOTPRINT OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE."

Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet

www.newscientist.com

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · 26d

Consultancy opportunity for those involved with #climateheritage - grasp of US fiscal and governance regulations required.

#climatechange

Climate Heritage Network @climateheritage.bsky.social · Aug 25

📣 The Climate Heritage Network seeks proposals from qualified individuals and firms to complete a near-term action plan and long-term strategic plan for the organization!
Proposals due by September 19. Details here: www.climateheritage.org/press/reques...

Climate Heritage Network request for proposals with graphic of a plan with various numbered steps, gears, arrows, and a presentation board

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · Sep 3

This was the hottest summer on record. If it happens again next year, Britain’s ecosystems won’t cope | Lucy Jones #Climate

This was the hottest summer on record. If it happens again next year, Britain’s ecosystems won’t cope | Lucy Jones

A future of extreme heatwaves, drought and collapsing habitats awaits if we continue to ignore the danger signs, says author Lucy Jones

www.theguardian.com

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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · Aug 28

By zapping seawater with electricity, scientists make a solid carbon-negative building material.

In a double whammy, the method sucks up carbon dioxide and upcycles it into a material that can be used to make concrete, cement, plaster, and paint.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/by-z...

By zapping seawater with electricity, scientists make a solid carbon-negative building material

In a double whammy, the method sucks up carbon dioxide and upcycles it into a material that can be used to make concrete, cement, plaster, and paint.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

New review: Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change 🧪🌍

Read on for summary highlights and find the full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Recent evidence on the effectiveness of European protected areas for species conservation in the face of climate change - Biodiversity and Conservation

A dominant conservation strategy to safeguard the natural environment and biodiversity is the creation of protected areas (PAs) at international, regional, and national scales. To date, such PAs have ...

link.springer.com

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted!

Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time.

For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Debating Disaster Risk brings together leading global experts to explore the controversies that emerge—and the tough decisions that must be made—when cities, people, and the environment are at risk.

#climatechange

cup.columbia.edu/book/debatin...

Debating Disaster Risk | Columbia University Press

Dealing with the risks of climate change and disaster is a political process. It produces winners and losers, mobility and permanence, radical change and con... | CUP

cup.columbia.edu

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Aug 18

In the midst of a sweltering summer, our research published last year shows people are highly concerned about climate change and support policies that address both climate and health.

✅ The UK public are highly supportive of the government target to reach NetZero by 2050 🧵

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · Aug 14

People are being “cooked alive”, yet #climatechange remains the politically charged hot potato. Time to invest heavily in long-term resilience.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities

Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.

www.bbc.com

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · Aug 13

There is growing evidence that climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health. This is especially true for extreme heat.

🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 8

🌿 The National Plant Monitoring Scheme has turned 10!

More than 1,000 volunteers have gathered 250k+ botanical records that feed into the UK Biodiversity Indicators. Marking the milestone, the 2024 report shares surveyor stories & a timeline of NPMS highlights.

🔗 🧪 www.npms.org.uk/article/npms...

Front cover of National Plant Monitoring Scheme Annual Report 2024

Books and papers lying on daisy covered grass

Two people outside in a rural environment look at information on a clipboard

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · Aug 8

Out today, this article provides an overview of advances in complex climate change risk assessment & management & how recent methodological improvements offer opportunities for effective near-term action in governing risk and adaptation strategies.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Advances in complex climate change risk assessment for adaptation - npj Climate Action

Recent advances in climate change risk assessment and management and their application across cities, coastal zones, and finance highlight promising opportunities for near-term action to better govern...

www.nature.com

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 7

New article!

The missing link: democracy, education, and carbon emissions by Patricia Bromley, Jared Furuta & Evan Schofer.

This article examines how democracy and education shape national carbon emissions across 155 countries between 1990 and 2019.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

ABSTRACT
Democracy is thought to play a key role in protecting the environment: in theory, free elections and civil rights allow citizens to hold political leaders accountable, which should then lead to stronger environmental protections. Despite its conceptual appeal, empirical evidence that democratic contexts produce stronger pro-environmental outcomes has been inconclusive. We focus on an overlooked factor – the average level of education in a country – to help explain the heterogeneous effects of democracy on carbon emissions. Using multilevel panel regression models of 155 countries from 1990 to 2019, we find that democracy is associated with reduced carbon emissions at the national level when a country’s population has higher overall levels of education. Education, we contend, increases participation in formal and informal political channels, increases media literacy and scientific knowledge, and shapes pro-environmental preferences, which enable democracies to more effectively promote pro-environmental change.

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Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · Aug 7

Fascinating volume delving into a range of #climatechange related study across the world via exploitation of resources from rubber to radium to microbiota.

Open access with links to each publication in comments.

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jul 30

The July 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is now available to read online!
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...

A quick rundown of all the #envhum content:

green/yellow tinted image of fish eggs on the cover of the journal Environmental Humanities

Hana Morel @hanamorel.bsky.social · Aug 7

Very useful comments under the original post with a list of relevant publications.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Aug 1

If a scholar of petro-masculinity said that men lust for coal, it would be seen as an exaggeration. But here we are...