A New England Town Sprays Its Elm Trees with DDT Charles F. Wurster Society & Culture Hippo Reads is proud to be working with Oxford University Press to highlight unmissable excerpts from recent and upcoming titles. Today’s post is reprinted from DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird...
Medicine’s First Commandment and the Environment Laura Christianson Medicine, Science & Medicine Two years ago, I wanted to reduce the amount of material being thrown into disposal bins at the end of operative procedures at my institution’s hospital. After I spoke with all the parties involved—supply...
Becoming-Plant in Indian Ocean Worlds: Lines, Flows, Winds, and Water Julie Laplante Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture Our faces are stretching. Taking a step forward takes up all our strength. We cling on to the rock walls to pull ourselves forward. We are at one of the edges of the Indian Ocean at the southern tip of...
To Err is the Errand of Our Canoe-Trip Quest Nicolas Rasiulis Society & Culture Dipping The Paddle Canadian cities, like most cities, are noisy with cognitive distractions like advertisements, cacaphonies of competing sound, smells that make many of us dislike breathing. But...
Involve Yourself in the Fight Against Climate Change Svein Tveitdal Science, Science & Medicine You asked; Climate Change expert Svein Tveitdal answered. Want to ask an expert anything? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for news about upcoming Ask Me Anything guests. Or subscribe to our newsletter to be...
A World Above Our Heads Samuel Hargrove Science, Science & Medicine Canopy Ecosystems of the World are Disappearing
Has the Anthropocene Era Begun? Ask Former UN Environmental Director Svein Tveitdal Any of Your Questions on Climate Change Hippo Reads Staff Science, Science & Medicine Today, the media is dominated by reports documenting the rising sea levels, increasing global carbon emissions, and our entrance into the “Anthropocene” era: a new geological epoch created by human...
