Marcy Rockman
@liftingrocks.bsky.social
Archaeologist working on climate change, heritage, policy, and the deep time of how we live in this world.
Visiting Researcher, Linnaeus University, Sweden | Assoc. Research Prof., University of Maryland, CP | former Fed | liftingrocks.org
Visiting Researcher, Linnaeus University, Sweden | Assoc. Research Prof., University of Maryland, CP | former Fed | liftingrocks.org
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Marcy Rockman
@liftingrocks.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Just arrived here-first post!
I'm an archaeologist working to link how we manage and study elements of our past with climate science, policy, and adaptation. I speak for memory, connections to place, migration, and how we learn the world around us.
#ClimateHeritage
#LandscapeLearning
I'm an archaeologist working to link how we manage and study elements of our past with climate science, policy, and adaptation. I speak for memory, connections to place, migration, and how we learn the world around us.
#ClimateHeritage
#LandscapeLearning
“Some of them [children] have their mouths wide open when they first open a drawer,” she said. “I tell them, these are from your ancestors.”
Typhoon Halong ate 60 ft. of Alaskan shoreline in a night. This damaged not only recent infrastructure but also sites and deep time connections they hold.
Typhoon Halong ate 60 ft. of Alaskan shoreline in a night. This damaged not only recent infrastructure but also sites and deep time connections they hold.
A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Some of them [children] have their mouths wide open when they first open a drawer,” she said. “I tell them, these are from your ancestors.”
Typhoon Halong ate 60 ft. of Alaskan shoreline in a night. This damaged not only recent infrastructure but also sites and deep time connections they hold.
Typhoon Halong ate 60 ft. of Alaskan shoreline in a night. This damaged not only recent infrastructure but also sites and deep time connections they hold.
So much wasn't done before demolition of the White House East Wing began. Next week the Senate is holding a hearing on the main process, Section 106, that protects heritage across the country. I think we should expect they're not looking to strengthen it.
www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
Full Committee Hearing to Examine the Section 106 Consultation Process Under the National Historic Preservation Act
www.energy.senate.gov
October 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
So much wasn't done before demolition of the White House East Wing began. Next week the Senate is holding a hearing on the main process, Section 106, that protects heritage across the country. I think we should expect they're not looking to strengthen it.
www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/202...
❤️ Safe home Dr. Goodall. Your beautiful work has touched us all.
(photo by Hugo van Lawick, via the BBC)
(photo by Hugo van Lawick, via the BBC)
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
❤️ Safe home Dr. Goodall. Your beautiful work has touched us all.
(photo by Hugo van Lawick, via the BBC)
(photo by Hugo van Lawick, via the BBC)
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So happy to welcome Marcy Rockman as Visiting Researcher @liftingrocks.bsky.social @linneuni.bsky.social
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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage
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#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage
At the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage
Dr Marcy Rockman is a new addition to the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures. Over the past 15 years, she has focused on climate change and how archaeology can support adaptation. When continuing climat...
lnu.se
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
So happy to welcome Marcy Rockman as Visiting Researcher @liftingrocks.bsky.social @linneuni.bsky.social
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lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage
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lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
#heritagefutures #futuresliteracy #climateheritage
"Across numerous surveys, a majority of Americans consistently say they want a full, honest, and unvarnished presentation of our nation’s history."
📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ
August 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Across numerous surveys, a majority of Americans consistently say they want a full, honest, and unvarnished presentation of our nation’s history."
The @nationalacademies.org has just launched a fast-track review of evidence regarding whether greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. You can submit papers, articles, data, and other comments through August 27 at their main input portal: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
www.nationalacademies.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The @nationalacademies.org has just launched a fast-track review of evidence regarding whether greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. You can submit papers, articles, data, and other comments through August 27 at their main input portal: nas.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: National Climate Assessment links
RealClimate: For some reason, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it's pretty hard to find the USGR...
www.realclimate.org
July 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
"You cannot heal a wound by pretending it does not exist, and we cannot honor Americans' shared history by sweeping it under the rug."
Statement from the National Assoc. of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers on NPS's removal of a sign in Muir Woods with updates to its historical story.
Statement from the National Assoc. of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers on NPS's removal of a sign in Muir Woods with updates to its historical story.
NATHPO July 25th 2025 News Release
The National Association of Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) condemns the erasure of Indigenous history as the Department of Interior implements "Secretarial Order 3431 - Restoring Truth and Sa...
www.nathpo.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"You cannot heal a wound by pretending it does not exist, and we cannot honor Americans' shared history by sweeping it under the rug."
Statement from the National Assoc. of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers on NPS's removal of a sign in Muir Woods with updates to its historical story.
Statement from the National Assoc. of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers on NPS's removal of a sign in Muir Woods with updates to its historical story.
“To me, the biggest irony is that the Trump administration says it wants to tell a more balanced version of history, and that’s exactly what this sign did,” Villano said. “It didn’t remove anything. It just layered in what had been missing.”
Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history
"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."
www.sfgate.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“To me, the biggest irony is that the Trump administration says it wants to tell a more balanced version of history, and that’s exactly what this sign did,” Villano said. “It didn’t remove anything. It just layered in what had been missing.”
For a long time, I wanted there to be clear culture & heritage expertise on the State Dept. climate team. Now the team is gone entirely. There are so many dimensions to this loss, it's hard to capture - #ClimateHeritage
The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change
The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate negotiators.
wapo.st
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For a long time, I wanted there to be clear culture & heritage expertise on the State Dept. climate team. Now the team is gone entirely. There are so many dimensions to this loss, it's hard to capture - #ClimateHeritage
This is also my concern for tipping points - the social ones that are held off, which pushes us over the physical ones.
www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...
www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...
![Kate RaworthKate Raworth: Senior visiting research associate and lecturer at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute and co-founder and conceptual lead of Doughnut Economics Action Lab
The tipping point that I fear we will fail to cross is [the social tipping point] around transforming our mindsets. We need to move from the extractive, degenerative economy towards a regenerative one. This all starts within our head and it underlies everything.
[A failure to do this] is what is driving us towards all these [Earth system tipping points].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzlrzuewp6rgxofe6pty6vyx/bafkreiakmrju7rkmunuehnia5xyxjlgfpmlzkesa2676bk2j5qq6bwiyea@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is also my concern for tipping points - the social ones that are held off, which pushes us over the physical ones.
www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...
www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...
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Look what I made! Ask me for a postcard next time you see me.
#ClimateChange
#Heritage
#HeritageAtRisk
#BannedWords
#ClimateChange
#Heritage
#HeritageAtRisk
#BannedWords
July 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Look what I made! Ask me for a postcard next time you see me.
#ClimateChange
#Heritage
#HeritageAtRisk
#BannedWords
#ClimateChange
#Heritage
#HeritageAtRisk
#BannedWords
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion saying that nations have legal obligations to try to reduce the impacts and eliminate the human causes of global warming.
Nations Must Act to Face Climate Crisis, Top Regional Court Says - Inside Climate News
An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to protect and support environmental defenders.
insideclimatenews.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an opinion saying that nations have legal obligations to try to reduce the impacts and eliminate the human causes of global warming.
Reposted by Marcy Rockman
BREAKING: During parks' moment of greatest need, the House voted to finalize the reconciliation bill, which claws back $267 million of previously committed staff funding. Now it will move to the president’s desk. www.npca.org/articles/958...
Ignoring Public Outcry, House Votes for National Park Service Staffing Cuts
"Lawmakers must do better before we become the generation that stands by as our national parks and this American legacy collapse.” - Daniel Hart, NPCA's Director of Clean Energy and Climate Policy
www.npca.org
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
BREAKING: During parks' moment of greatest need, the House voted to finalize the reconciliation bill, which claws back $267 million of previously committed staff funding. Now it will move to the president’s desk. www.npca.org/articles/958...
Reposted by Marcy Rockman
The White House took down a website hosting the nation's top report on how climate change is affecting the United States.
The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
The National Climate Assessment is the most influential source of information about climate change in the United States.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The White House took down a website hosting the nation's top report on how climate change is affecting the United States.
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okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there
June 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there
This adds to my hope: "Instead, in the nearly 200 submissions NPS received in the first days since the solicitations were posted, visitors implored the administration not to erase U.S. history and praised agency staff for improving their experiences."
‘Censorship:’ See the National Park visitor responses after Trump requested help deleting ‘negative’ signage
The administration asked for help erasing language on park displays that failed to emphasize American grandeur, but visitors have not identified any examples.
www.govexec.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This adds to my hope: "Instead, in the nearly 200 submissions NPS received in the first days since the solicitations were posted, visitors implored the administration not to erase U.S. history and praised agency staff for improving their experiences."
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"Scotland’s Solway Firth is our first Landscape Connections project ...
It will use the grant to plan a ‘whole seascape approach’ to protecting and developing the coast’s natural and cultural heritage."
#coastalhistory #environmentalhumanities
www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
It will use the grant to plan a ‘whole seascape approach’ to protecting and developing the coast’s natural and cultural heritage."
#coastalhistory #environmentalhumanities
www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
Scotland’s Solway Firth is our first Landscape Connections project
Led by Dumfries and Galloway Council, this long term, large-scale project is part of our 10-year strategic initiative supporting the UK’s world-class landscapes.
www.heritagefund.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Scotland’s Solway Firth is our first Landscape Connections project ...
It will use the grant to plan a ‘whole seascape approach’ to protecting and developing the coast’s natural and cultural heritage."
#coastalhistory #environmentalhumanities
www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
It will use the grant to plan a ‘whole seascape approach’ to protecting and developing the coast’s natural and cultural heritage."
#coastalhistory #environmentalhumanities
www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
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The Antiquities Act gives the president power to CREATE national monuments. Not ERASE them. That is illegal. Sign your name at npca.org/protectmonuments
Secretary Burgum must protect our monuments.
We are on the verge of what could be the largest rollback of protections for national parks and monuments in U.S. history. By taking action today, you can support our parks, monuments, and communities...
npca.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Antiquities Act gives the president power to CREATE national monuments. Not ERASE them. That is illegal. Sign your name at npca.org/protectmonuments
DOJ opinion from May 27 sets a foundation for undoing protections of the 1906 Antiquities Act, potentially very broadly. This is not good news for public lands, and cultural and natural heritage, Tribal places, and marine areas now held as national monuments.
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
June 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
DOJ opinion from May 27 sets a foundation for undoing protections of the 1906 Antiquities Act, potentially very broadly. This is not good news for public lands, and cultural and natural heritage, Tribal places, and marine areas now held as national monuments.
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
Some short powerful letters from students on what studying history now is teaching them-
wapo.st/45evxXm
wapo.st/45evxXm
Opinion | 13 students on what studying history taught them about the present
Progress can be undone. There’s plenty we don’t know. But change is possible.
wapo.st
June 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Some short powerful letters from students on what studying history now is teaching them-
wapo.st/45evxXm
wapo.st/45evxXm
The wonderful writer @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social will be in DC tomorrow (6/5, 7pm ET) to talk about his new book! So looking forward to this.
politics-prose.com/robert-macfa...
politics-prose.com/robert-macfa...
Robert MacFarlane — Is a River Alive? - with Ross Andersen — at Conn Ave
politics-prose.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The wonderful writer @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social will be in DC tomorrow (6/5, 7pm ET) to talk about his new book! So looking forward to this.
politics-prose.com/robert-macfa...
politics-prose.com/robert-macfa...
The phrase "national parks" is most often linked to nature and scenery such as at Yellowstone and Yosemite. But ca. 2/3 of all national parks were established to recognize history and culture (and all parks hold these).
Hands Off Our History
The president’s shameful “skinny budget” would decimate national parks. NPCA explains why we must continue to defend the integrity of our historic sites.
www.npca.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The phrase "national parks" is most often linked to nature and scenery such as at Yellowstone and Yosemite. But ca. 2/3 of all national parks were established to recognize history and culture (and all parks hold these).
Adding to this article to note that all three legs of US archaeology are being cut:
- loss of federal staff, care of federal lands
- cuts of funding, university research & elsewhere
- challenges to NEPA & archaeology as part of other environmental compliance
- loss of federal staff, care of federal lands
- cuts of funding, university research & elsewhere
- challenges to NEPA & archaeology as part of other environmental compliance
In the U.S., Archaeology Stares Down an Uncertain Future
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Adding to this article to note that all three legs of US archaeology are being cut:
- loss of federal staff, care of federal lands
- cuts of funding, university research & elsewhere
- challenges to NEPA & archaeology as part of other environmental compliance
- loss of federal staff, care of federal lands
- cuts of funding, university research & elsewhere
- challenges to NEPA & archaeology as part of other environmental compliance