Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialNorthern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 03/10/2025The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to! 1115
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Looking to get caught up on your #ClimateHistory? This review of the concept of the (early modern) Little Ice Age is very useful: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1.... #skystorians #MedievalSky #EarlyModern 🧪🗃️ #OpenAccesswires.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe Little Ice Age: The History and Future of a Traveling ConceptSince its inception, the “Little Ice Age” has grown into one of the most discussed “traveling concepts” in climate science, history, and communication. This article investigates the contested history... 084
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 01/10/2025The Rainfall Observers Over the past three centuries, thousands of people across the British & Irish Isles have recorded rainfall, often every day for decades. Here we recognise some of the individuals who made particularly important contributions. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe rainfall observersOver the past three centuries, thousands of people across the British and Irish Isles have regularly recorded rainfall, often every day for decades. Their efforts allow us to reconstruct long-term tr... 38620
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialRTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 03/10/2025A short history of destructive Irish storms. @carlapmateus.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie looks back at centuries of major storms in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...rte.ieA short history of destructive Irish stormsWe can learn from the impacts of past storms to better adapt to the destructive effects of future storms 033
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Our book on Nordic climate histories is now live (including download link) at www.whpress.co.uk/publications... Thanks to the Oslo Centre for Advanced Study for support of this project.whpress.co.ukThe White Horse Press 010
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 15/07/2025Congratulations to Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland which is marking 230 years of recording the weather every day. These long-term observations are critical to understanding our changing weather. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comArmagh Observatory: 230 years of unbroken weather recordingsThe building holds the longest sequence of continuous weather data anywhere in the UK and Ireland. 113837
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Oral histories can inform us of environmental hazards, and remind us that relatively few natural disasters are surprises: “Oral histories show Kerr County residents have warned one another, as well as newcomers and out-of-towners, about flooding for a long time.” www.propublica.org/article/texa...propublica.orgTexas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas. 031
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 22/07/2025CfP open for the 2026 Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in Uppsala www.uu.se/en/departmen...uu.seNESS2026 - Uppsala UniversityThe 17th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference will be hosted by Uppsala University in June 2025. The conference brings together scholars from across research fields for meeting and discussin... 000
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Participants: Manuel González de Molina, Universidad Pedro de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain – Member, European Society for Environmental Histoty, ESEH, and SOLCHA Maohong Bao, Universidad de Pekin, China – Member, Asian Association of Environmental History, AAEH #envhist #solcha2025 021
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 30/06/2025www.jobbnorge.no/en/available.... Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavangerjobbnorge.noAssociate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of StavangerJob title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025 000
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialMedievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 21/06/2025What Summer Was Like in the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2025/06/what... #Summer #MedievalSkymedievalists.netWhat Summer Was Like in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.netDiscover how people in the Middle Ages endured the heat, managed harvests, treated sunburns, and found ways to keep cool during the summer months. 0205
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 21/06/2025THIS WEEK!! Climates of Empire: Environmental Historians in Conversation with Climate Change Researchers Centre for World Environmental History - More Information: www.sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsand... 0114
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The PAGES Climate Reconstruction and Impacts from Archives of Society (CRIAS) working group will hold its final meeting at the European Society for Environmental History conference in Uppsala 19–22 August 2025 www.climatehistory.net/crias-2025 010
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 09/06/2025Nature research paper: Warming accelerates global drought severity go.nature.com/45alUJego.nature.comWarming accelerates global drought severity - NatureIncreased atmospheric evaporative demand in recent years has increased drought severity by an average of 40% globally across both dry and wet regions, and the trend is likely to continue under future warming scenarios. 05724
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 10/06/2025I just published an explainer on aerosols and their role in the climate that I've been working on for the past few months! It includes both how aerosols work, how emissions have changed, and how thats driven recent warming: www.carbonbrief.org/... 9348140
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Benjamin Schmidt (University of Washington) will speak about “Skating Through Climate Change: Ice, Snow, and Patria in the Little Ice Age”. Climate and Environmental History Seminar Stockholm University Wednesday June 11, 15.00–17.00 CET, www.su.se/department-o...su.seClimate and Environmental History Seminar: Benjamin Schmidt (University of Washington) - Department of HistoryBenjamin Schmidt (University of Washington) presents at the Climate and Environmental History Seminar 11 June. 000
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialEd Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 04/06/2025Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer. 21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences. Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info 35981384
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Conference: The Future of Past Climate. Learning from the Nordic Little Ice Age. Oslo CAS 2-3 June 2025. cas-nor.no/events/futur...cas-nor.noThe Future of Past Climate. Learning from the Nordic Little Ice Age | CASProvisional Programme (subject to change) Day 1, Monday 2 JuneLocation: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters08:45-09:15Arrival and coffee09:15-09:30Welcome and introduction09:30-10:20Keynote 1... 031
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialAlex Randall @alex-randall.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Climate change is altering migration patterns. Discussing climate-related migration shapes perceptions and actions. Our words influence empathy or fear, public opinion, and political discourse, guiding potential solutions. buff.lyThe Stories We Tell: How Framing Shapes our Understanding of Climate-linked MigrationThe language and narratives we use don’t just describe climate-linked migration—they shape public attitudes, guide policy, and influence the solutions we see as possible. 012
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Upcoming conference: Palaeo-Hydrology: Ancient Disasters, Modern Applications (PHADMA) 9.-14.6.2025, Department of Geography, Bonn University, Germany. www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/phadma-confe...geographie.uni-bonn.dePHADMA-Conference 000
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialRémi Gandoin @remiwnd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025"HISTORECO: Historical Spanish transition database on climate, geography and economics of the 20th-21st century" www.nature.com/articles/s41... cc @eseh.bsky.social #envhistnature.comHISTORECO: Historical Spanish transition database on climate, geography and economics of the 20th-21st century - Scientific DataScientific Data - HISTORECO: Historical Spanish transition database on climate, geography and economics of the 20th-21st century 042
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 25/05/2025I have started to repair the old website climatehistory.net I am hardly a gifted web designer, but the dead links are cleared out, and it's functional again! You can find links to news, (almost) monthly bulletins of events and publications, our bibliographical database, and more. 040
Reposted by @climatehistorynet.bsky.socialDagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The 10th episode of the Climate Chronicles explores the Younger Dryas, a climate shock that cooled much of the northern hemisphere for a millennium. It was the Little Ice Age on steroids, yet our hunter-gather ancestors adapted in remarkably diverse ways. #EnvHist 1/4 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDG...youtube.comThe Climate Chronicles, Previewing Episode 10: The Younger Dryas DiariesYouTube video by Dagomar Degroot 162
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Upcoming conference “Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North” German Historical Institute Washington 23-24 April 2026. The CFP is now online and open until June 16, 2025: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...ghi-dc.orgEvent – GHI WashingtonGHI_Logo_Bild_RGB_GHI_Logo_Bild_RGB_ 010
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Two SI CfPs: Global Environmental Change "Resilience Rising: Thriving Amid Climate Challenges" (deadline 30.6) www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Environmental Science and Policy "Enhancing Climate-Resilient Development in Emerging Asian Regions" (30.9) www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...sciencedirect.comGlobal Environmental Change | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Global Environmental Change | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirectRead the latest articles of Global Environmental Change at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature 000
climatehistorynet.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social · 25/05/2025The International Climate Resilience Conference will take place in Munich from 26–29 October 2025. www.climateresilience.info . Abstracts can be submitted by 30 May 2025.climateresilience.infoInternational Climate Resilience Conference at LMU MunichInternational Climate Resilience Conference will take place at LMU Munich, Germany, 26-29 October 2025! Looking forward to meeting you in Munich for this inspiring event! 000
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