Environmental History

Tom Griffiths continues our series on History and the Environment, travelling into the longue durée of the Australian past.

Philip Stott unravels the emergence of myths about the tropical rain forests.

David Lowenthal introduces our new series on History and the Environment with an overview of the subject and of human interaction with the world we inhabit.

Charles Maechling argues that the Japanese attack, which took place on December 7th 1941, was partly a response to the country's limited energy resources.

Bruce Campbell argues that a unique conjunction of human and environmental factors went into creating the crisis of the mid-14th century.

Renaissance Venetians developed a sophisticated technology for keeping the city’s vital waterways free from silt and in the process, as Joseph Black explains, created a unique landscape that inspired travellers and painters.

Antony Taylor reveals that Eco-Warriors were active more than a century ago.

Daryl Best on use and abuse in Australia's environmental history.

Raymond Smith and Nicholas Young chart the history of human waste disposal.