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There are still 11 more days to submit a paper to our December themed call! August 15th is the deadline for papers for peer reviewed submissions. For non peer reviewed submissions only the abstract needs to be submitted by August 15th.

🌿 When environmental warnings go unheeded, the consequences can last for generations. Explore the legacy of chemical contamination, the Michigan PBB disaster, and the lessons of Silent Spring in this article 📖 Read more: g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe... #Environmental #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHistory

📢 #ESEH is raising funds for 2027 Travel Grants to support early-career researchers, grad students, independent scholars & those from lower-income countries presenting at the 14th ESEH Conf. in Salzburg, 6–10 Sept 2027. Donate now ➡️ www.betterplace.org/en/projects/... #envhist @eseh.bsky.social

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring changed the global conversation about pesticides and the environment, but how was it received in Francoist Spain? @a-juenger.bsky.social explores how the Spanish press covered Carson’s groundbreaking work between 1962 and 1975 g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

🐬 Dolphin hunting in the Black Sea isn’t just history—it still echoes today. Fatma Esen's fieldwork from Trabzon explores how a once-thriving industry left lasting marks on both nature and memory g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe... #BlackSea #envhist #Trabzon #Conservation #oralhistory #OttomanEmpire

2027 ASEH Call for Proposals is open at aseh.org/ASEH-2027-Ca... ! Come celebrate 50 years with us in Richmond, VA, March 31-April 1.

❄️ What was the Arctic like during the Little Ice Age? Björn Billing revisits a rare firsthand account by Friderich Martens, revealing how early explorers experienced one of the coldest periods in history. 📖 Read more: g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe... #Arctic #History #Exploration #Climate

We have a new article on our site! Take a look at “Zifzif: Zionist Extractivism and the Politics of Sand in Palestine/Israel” by Dotan Halevy. It’s a compelling look at sand, extraction, and the environmental politics shaping Palestine/Israel. g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

We are very excited to announce that our first themed call for papers is out! We invite papers on the theme of "December" exploring how the experience of the calendar month differs globally and is intertwined with environment, place, and local conceptions of seasonality. g-ehr.com/essay/cfp/

We have a new article on our site! Take a look at “Zifzif: Zionist Extractivism and the Politics of Sand in Palestine/Israel” by Dotan Halevy. It’s a compelling look at sand, extraction, and the environmental politics shaping Palestine/Israel. g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

What can a viral Apple video teach environmental historians? Adam Rome’s “Mother Nature Meets Apple’s CEO” uses corporate climate storytelling to rethink activism, regulation, and business responsibility in the late-20th-century environmental movement. g-ehr.com/special-feat...

In Against the Tide, Elizabeth Hameeteman shows how solar desalination once offered a decentralized, low-energy alternative to fossil and nuclear water systems. It provides an inspiring historical lens on the entanglement of infrastructure, environment, and technology. g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

Dive into We Have Never Been Husbands to Parrots (Part 2)! 🦜 Nancy J. Jacobs skillfully blends animal history, human care, and the “Grey Anthropocene,” challenging how we think about domination, domestication, and interspecies relationships. Part 2 of this 3 Part series. g-ehr.com/special-feat...

Looking for new ways to think about ecosystems and history? This piece from Miles Powell uses Pacific Northwest salmon to link rivers, oceans, and communities, making a lively case for “meta-ecosystem” history and more connected environmental storytelling. g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe...

Just a reminder that Wednesday the 31st is the last day to submit for our peer review section winter quarter deadline. Start 2026 off right by publishing your work with us.

Come for the gorgeous visuals, stay for the text accompanying the visuals! g-ehr.com/special-feat...

We like Parrots and we cannot lie! Our first article is a special feature by Nancy Jacobs! It is part one of a three part three series, drawing upon her 2025 Presidential Address at the ASEH in Pittsburgh.

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We'd love to see your work! Germinate invites submissions that explore, illuminate, investigate, observe, and/or interpret topics connecting the environmental present with its past. Peer-reviewed research & non-peer reviewed storytelling welcome. Until website is live, see: aseh.org/Germinate-En...