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The Squid That Changed North Korea’s Socialist Policies

February 9, 2026

Today’s blog by Donghyun Woo introduces his recent article in Environment and History (online first, 2026), ‘Squid and Socialists: Power, Nature and the Unruly East Sea in North Korea, 1945–1964’, and discusses what North Korea’s squid history can teach us.  In the summer of 1962, the North Korean state hosted a unique squid-fishing competition for squid in … More The Squid That Changed North Korea’s Socialist Policies

Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp

January 19, 2026

In this blog, first published as a ‘Snapshot’ in Environment and History (November 2025) Eliot Fackler shows how the histories of western Lake Erie and the Black Swamp provide lessons from Indigenous land-use practices which might offer new ways of addressing current environmental challenges. On 2 August 2014, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and public … More Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp

Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period

December 22, 2025

Today’s blog by Björn Billing introduces his recent article in Environment and History (online first, December 2025), Visualising Icebergs: Early Modern Depictions, ca 1570–1770 and shows how early illustrations of icebergs and glaciers testify to the dramatic impacts of climate change over the centuries. A23a is on the move again. This iceberg has been drifting … More Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period

Do the vast majority of world dogs – past and present – have a place in history?

December 15, 2025

In this blog, Claudia Leal contextualises her new article in Environment and History, Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs (online first October 2025), which aims to contribute to the broader history of human–dog relationships from a new perspective, that of ‘the tropical Andes, rather than the cradle of empire’. Last night, I woke up at 3:30 … More Do the vast majority of world dogs – past and present – have a place in history?

Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve

December 3, 2025

           In this blog, Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in Environment and History(online first December 2025), ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve’, an article he admits it made no sense for him to start writing but which became a ‘letter to the sublime and beautiful weirdness of the … More Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve

THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS

November 10, 2025

This blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation’, republishes a Snapshot by Nils Johansson, originally published in Environment and History (August 2025). The plastic bag is a mundane consumer product. It consists of just one inexpensive material, intended to carry other, more important, items. It is one of those … More THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS

Plants as a Way In

October 7, 2025

In this blog, linked to her recently published article in Plant Perspectives, entitled BETWEEN GRAZING AND GATHERING: PLANT KNOWLEDGES, BELONGING AND BECOMING IN THE SWISS ALPS, Maria Kernecker explores how plants can provide a way in to a landscape. Through plants, she learned ‘to trust my own observations, the relationships I am entangled in, entering … More Plants as a Way In

ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE 2025 – RUNNER-UP

September 30, 2025

We much enjoyed supporting the ESEH poster prize at the conference in Uppsala last month. Johannes Ellingsen’s striking poster, which was awarded second prize, impressed the judges with its vibrant colour scheme reflecting the subject and its integration of text into the design in just the right quantity for clarity and impact. A good poster … More ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE 2025 – RUNNER-UP