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Probing the past to better understand the present and prepare for an uncertain future. I think it’s fair to say that no field of history has grown more swiftly—in quantity or sophistication—in the 21st century than environmental history. The reason is, I suspect, self-evident: it’s in part a scholarly response to global warming, biodiversity loss, volatile and extreme weather events, and climate change–related diseases.

Yellowstone's stunning natural beauty inspired the 19th-century push to set aside the land, where Indigenous people had been present for millennia.

Dissenting Conservationist: Elers Koch and his legacy Monday, October 24, 2022 7:00pm Museum of the Rockies , Hager Auditorium The Elers Koch Lecture

Abstract. This article examines the Atlantropa Project of the German architect Herman Sörgel as a window onto the interconnected histories of environmental anxi