Fossil fuels, like nuclear weapons, are a major global threat. Watch this video to hear more about a proposed global framework to phase out coal, oil and gas fairly and forever. Endorse the concept as an organisation or individual at fossilfueltreaty.org #ClimateWeekNYC

Alec Israeli interviews Joyce E. Chaplin (Joyce E. Chaplin 🌻) about her review essay considering recent books on the concept of the Anthropocene. (Part one of a two-part interview.) web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2023/1…

Alec Israeli interviews Joyce E. Chaplin (Joyce E. Chaplin 🌻) about her review essay considering recent books on the concept of the Anthropocene. (Part two of a two-part interview.) web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2023/1…

Among the many things I admired about J.G.A. Pocock was his eventual turn from the history of British and European political discourse to critical analysis of capitalism, imperialism, and Indigenous sovereignty. A giant in his intellectual scope and generosity.

On the premise that, if you don’t have time to learn a new skill, do it anyway, I went to GIS camp.

What epoch is it? The ICS geologists say we're still in the Holocene. To understand all this, we’re revisiting Joyce Chaplin's recent review essay that situates the #Anthropocene concept in the context of the history of ideas. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

It’s cool when the conference you’re invited to has an #EclipseSolar2024 break built into it—nice bonus when the conference program uses an #eclipse design. Harvard GSD

Harvard University Police Department Chief says Harvard Yard encampment is peaceful, defends students’ right to protest thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

Briefly breaking my X-fast because…the WMQ doesn’t let authors thank the editors in their articles but they can’t stop me here! Huge thanks to Julia Gaffield, Josh Piker, Meg Musselwhite, who made it possible for me to appear alongside these amazing scholars in this spring issue

Thank you OIEAHC! My article looks at how climate change, consumerism, industrialization, racism, and resource depletion have been packed together for centuries—and how the desire for quick technical fixes to this nest of problems is as old as the United States itself

More than 300 Harvard faculty members signed a letter sent to interim President Alan M. Garber ’76, urging his administration to negotiate with pro-Palestine student protesters staging an encampment in Harvard Yard. @TillyRobin and Neil Shah report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/5…

It’s day 3 of #SummerofHeat and scientists are speaking out! Scientists have been sounding the alarm on the climate crisis for decades. But banks like Citi continue ignoring our warnings and keep on funding fossil fuels. The time to act is now! ❌

Friday. 10 AM. Zuccotti Park. #SummerofHeat

#OnThisDay in 1776, Thomas Jefferson…bought a new thermometer. And he recorded the high in Philadelphia that day: 76 degrees Fahrenheit. The high in Philadelphia today is expected to be 91 #4thofJuly #climate #history

Il existe ! Le 29 août en librairie. J'ai hâte de vous parler de ce travail qui relie deux des questions les plus difficiles du présent : la crise climatique et la paix.

Today XR Boston & Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada) joined the Oil Kills international uprising, demanding world governments sign a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to #EndOil2030. Solidarity with Last Generation @SR_Sweden Extinction Rebellion Nederland Letzte Generation Just Stop Oil Elokapina - Extinction Rebellion Finland & more!

The planet has been breaking Heat records back-to-back. This is what Peter Kalmus had to say during today’s action at Boston’s Logan Airport with Extinction Rebellion Boston 🐝⌛🦋 as part of the international campaign urging for a #fossilfueltreaty

Penn Press "Historians of Ideas Rush in Where Stratigraphers Fear to Tread" by Joyce E. Chaplin (Joyce E. Chaplin 🌻): muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

U.S. history is (among other things) a series of zany schemes and I just reviewed a book about one of the zaniest: the grid survey plan, which mapped out an incredible 1.4 billion acres in North America

Oh, wow—I’m the editor for this!