Environmental History

The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 kept the cold continent out ofthe Cold War and fostered collaboration on scientific research. The world now faces a different challenge as climate change affects this vast region.

The Turkish government’s plans to flood two ancient towns with the reservoirs created by two dams are being fiercely resisted – but time is rapidly running out, as Pinar Sevinclidir reports.

Terry Brown explores the arborial legacy of a penny-pinching duke.

Jean-François Mouhot traces a link between climate change and slavery, and suggests that reliance on fossil fuels has made slave owners of us all.

Nigel Watson recalls a mysterious explosion that occurred in deepest Siberia on 30 June 1908.

A figurehead for progress before his political disgrace, in later life Lindberg became concerned about the impact of technology on the environment.

John Etty examines how far history has been moulded by enviroment.

The city was rocked by an earthquake on 18 April 1906.

Peter Ling argues that Thomas Jefferson’s ideas have had dramatic continent-wide effects on the landscape and ecology of the United States.