Glen Jeansonne and David Luhrssen describe how the pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh was increasingly disturbed by the tension between technology and its impact on the environment. In his later career, in the 1960s, Lindbergh became a spokesman for the embryonic environmental movement as they describe here.
John Etty examines how far history has been moulded by enviroment.
Our prehistoric ancestors survived rapid climate change and rising temperatures as extreme as those we face today, says Kate Prendergast. What can they tell us about global warming?
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.
The week-long hurricane that struck the south of England and the English Channel on November 24th, 1703, was beyond anything in living memory.
Peter Monteath recalls what happened when two explorers, whose nations were battling for supremacy, met on the other side of the world.
Devra Davis looks at the London Smog disaster of 1952-53.
Continuing our series on History and the Environment, Thomas Dunlap explores the development of quasi-religious environmentalism in North America.
Continuing our History and the Environment series, Harriet Ritvo looks at the role of big-game hunting in spreading awareness of the need for conservation
