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Mark Stoll
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Environmental historian, author of Profit: An Environmental History (2023) and Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism (2015). https://www.markstoll.net/ Professor at @texastechuniv.bsky.social
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January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Wooden objects carrying the marks of carving and use could be the oldest wooden tools ever found. Researchers dated the artefacts, found in what is now Greece, to 430,000 years ago — and suggest they might have been made by early Neanderthals or their ancestors, Homo heidelbergensis
430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found
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January 27, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Check out Brett Bannor's review of Trish FitzSimons & Madelyn Shaw's "Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War," published in 2025 by @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
#envhist #envhum #animalhist #aghist
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January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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There is still time to register for tomorrow's seminar: Yunting Gu (28th Jan, 3-4, CET) Disputing the lacquer tree: Visual Evidence and Global Knowledge in the Early Modern World. Zoom link: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se instructingnaturalhistory.com/events/yunti...
#skystorians #envhist #museums
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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My co-author, Sam Huckerby, wrote a post for NiCHE about our Canadian Historical Review article. #envhist
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What Do Trees Have to Do With It? An Introduction to Westmeath and “Logging and Settlement Beyond the Rapids”
Research on Westmeath Township shows timber camps drove agricultural expansion, but census averages obscure timber-oriented farms within settler colonial landscapes.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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There are way too many trigger-happy people in today's USA.
#wolves #environment #Yellowstone #conservation #nps #NationalParks @sfgatedotcom.bsky.social
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Poacher kills 'rising star' wolf from Yellowstone's most viewed pack
A wolf was illegally shot after straying outside Yellowstone National Park.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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The world has lost one of its most courageous and passionate advocates for people + science.

Back in the days of Twitter, I saw her regularly send encouragement to people she’d never met. That was who she was: a model of joy, perseverance, courage, and kindness.

Kirsty, you will be so missed. 💔
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan dead at 59 | CBC News
Former Liberal cabinet minister Kirsty Duncan has died at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with cancer.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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"But twenty years later, An Inconvenient Truth isn't just a useful summary of the global climate problem. Watching the documentary in 2026, you'll see firsthand how rapidly #climate change has accelerated since its premiere."
Na twintig jaar is de Truth niet minder Inconvenient geworden
In de rubriek De broeikas schrijft klimaatverslaggever Jeroen Kraan elke zondag over wat hem opvalt. Deze week: na twintig jaar zijn de waarschuwingen van An Inconvenient Truth nog altijd relevant. St...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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What happens when nature words disappear from children’s vocabulary?

Join us for a family-friendly conversation, inspired by The Lost Words, written by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & illustrated by Jackie Morris, discussing nature words & climate change.

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A Chicago public library climate conversation event on Feb 7th at Humboldt Park Library with the description: Please join us for a discussion about the book The Lost Words and more broadly, climate change and parenthood. The Lost Words is "a beautiful illustrated book for readers young and old. All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world--Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. " Our discussion will be led by Ayesha Qazi-Lampert, an environmental science teacher at Chicago Public Schools. Current reading selections are available for check-out at the Humboldt Park Branch circulation desk! This event is for ages 13+.
January 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Joby Aviation has wrapped up an impressive year, concluding its last international flight demonstration of 2025 at Japan's iconic Fuji Speedway.

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#JobyAviation #airtaxis #Japan #FujiSpeedway #avgeek #Aviation #aviationdaily #Aviationnews
December 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Check out Michael Brunson's review of Joe Weber & Selima Sultana's "The Parks Belong to the People: The Geography of the National Park System," published in 2024 by @ugapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
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January 21, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Upcoming deadline (1/31): submit your proposals for 2026 New England Quarterly symposium on Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2025. #envhist #newengland #cfp
NEQ Events and Calls for Papers
Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2025 Friday, September 18, 2026 Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA New England is a region defined by its landscape, its…
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January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Check out Buckley T. Foster's review of Steve Kemp's "An Exaltation of Parks: John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Crusade to Save
America's Wonderlands," published in 2025 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
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January 23, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct.

As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.

Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Sheldon Whitehouse takes on ‘climate hushers’ in the Democratic Party
The Rhode Island Democrat isn’t happy with colleagues moving away from talking about climate change.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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#ornithology
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Trends in nonbreeding shorebirds along the Pacific Americas Flyway
Abstract. Population trends for shorebirds that spend the nonbreeding period of their annual cycle along the Pacific Americas Flyway are largely unknown. H
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January 24, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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#ornithology
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Abundance and distribution of birds from comprehensive surveys of the Canadian Arctic, 1994–2018
Abstract. Abundance and distribution are critical metrics of population status and foundational information for conservation. However, even these basic met
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January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Another item in #Extinction News: Rising threats to the #Pacific #flyway, a major migration route. #Shorebird numbers are plummeting.
#environment @sfgate.com
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Once-common Bay Area birds are vanishing at dramatic rates
"These are quite dramatic changes we're seeing over pretty concerning ranges."
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January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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#ClimateChange is proving to be a challenge to the survival of the #JoshuaTree of #California, as well as the #ecosystem to which it is key.
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
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Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That’s bad news.
Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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#ClimateChange is proving to be a challenge to the survival of the #JoshuaTree of #California, as well as the #ecosystem to which it is key.
#environment #ecology @sfgate.com
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Joshua trees are flowering in the Calif. desert. That’s bad news.
Joshua trees rely on a single moth species to reproduce.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Unbelievable! Why does the #NPS continue to allow #Aramark to be concessionaire in #Yosemite. NPS already kicked them out of #CraterLake. Then Aramark let historic #Wawona Hotel deteriorate until it was condemned. They clearly are trying to squeeze every dime they can.
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Aramark tells Yosemite workers it's axing most of their housing rights
"It's basically like a big f—k you."
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January 24, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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Good news on the #endangered #species front. Reintroduction of the Cascadian #frog in the #Sierra.
#environment #envhist @sfgate.com
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The fight to bring a lost species back to a California national park
"We need to be recovering them to places where they’ve been lost."
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January 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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#envhist #Job
hsozkultservice.bsky.social Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 11d
Job: 1 Akad. Rät:in / Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Umweltgeschichte" (Univ. Freiburg)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-159930

Freiburg, 01.04.2026-01.04.2029, Historisches Seminar Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Bewerbungsschluss: 02.02.2026 Vollzeitstelle Akad. Mitarb. oder Akad. Rat/Rätin …
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January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Across a century and a half, colonial, private and government salt farming at Sambhar has transformed the ecology of India's Sambhar Lake, affecting both wildlife and livelihoods. Read Deborah Sutton's new Arcadia article to learn more!
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Between Salt and Water: The Environmental Crisis at Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India
Across a century and a half, colonial, private and government salt farming at Sambhar has transformed the ecology of the lake and caused a slow cataclysm of pollution, affecting wildlife and livelihoo...
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January 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM