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Historical marine footprint for Atlantic Europe, 1500–2019 - Ambio Over the last 500 years, Europe (excluding Russia) consumed over 2500 million tonnes of ocean biomass. This is based on detailed historical data that we provide for human consumption per capita which was stable from 1500 to 1899 and tripled in the twentieth century. In the last 300 years, cod and herring dominated human seafood consumption. Whaling for non-food uses peaked in the 1830s and declined as cetaceans became scarce. Seafood consumption increased rapidly after 1900, and by the late 1930s, annual marine consumption in Atlantic Europe reached 7 million tonnes of biomass, facilitated by the globalisation of whaling. Atlantic European consumption, including fishmeal for animal feed, peaked at more than 12 million tonnes annually in the 1970s, but declined thereafter. The marine footprint of Atlantic Europe was significant well before modern fisheries statistics commenced. Our findings can inform future assessments of ocean health and marine life’s importance for human society.

Looking for a weekend read? If you're interested in learning more about Europe's historical marine footprint over the past 500 years, check out this extensive research article, co-authored by our SSC member @poulholm.bsky.social

#oceanography #history #environment #science #environmentalhistory

🌍 Languages of Life | Línguas da Vida | Bahasa Kehidupan 🗣️🌱

Biodiversity doesn’t speak only English. 🌳🐒
If species cross borders, our words should too.
New paper in @ConLetters : why saving life also means using more languages

🔗https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/conl.13139

Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

We’d like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to archaeologist Kristina Douglass, Associate Professor of Climate at Columbia Climate School and our esteemed SSC member, for winning this year's MacArthur Award!

Learn more about her outstanding work here: obtlab.climate.columbia.edu

#MacFellow

👀 ESEH 2027 will be held in...

Salzburg! Read more here: eseh.org/eseh-confere...

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Are you an early-career researcher working with environmental history? Join ESEH Nextgate! Part of the ESEH, Nextgate promotes and supports work by #EnvHist scholars from students to post-docs. Whether or not you'd like to join, make sure to follow @esehnextgate.bsky.social for upcoming events!

How to build a better future for people and nature The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) redefines progress by measuring the contributions of nations to creating a better future for life on Earth. Your expert advice can help to improve it.

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Assistant Professor - Environmental Change, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in Archaeology/Bioanthropology University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Are you an emerging environmental scholar? Berkeley University, California, is looking for an Assistant Professor in #EnvironmentalChange, Resilience, Precarity, and Justice in #Archaeology/Bioanthropology, don't miss the chance to apply before Nov 1!

Jet stream controls on European climate and agriculture since 1300 ce - Nature Tree-ring records used to reconstruct the variability of the European jet stream from 1300 to 2004 ce show modulation of extreme regional climate events and extensive impacts on agriculture and human well-being.

A year ago, this article, co-authored by our IHOPE SSC member Fredrik C. Ljungqvist, was published in Nature. The study uses historical and environmental data to demonstrate the significant role played by jet streams in climate variability.
#Climatechange #History #Nature

Species Cleansing: The Cultural Practice of Rat Control Excerpt from Species Cleansing: The Cultural Practice of Rat Control by Gabriela Jarzębowska.

The full text of 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 by Gabriela Jarzębowska is now available on our Environment & Society Portal!

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Save the dates of these exciting upcoming seminars! Details on how to sign up will available soon.

@eseh.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net @envhistnow.bsky.social @pages-ipo.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social

We're finally on Bluesky, and to kick off our first few weeks here, we'll be sharing what we've been up to for the last year, as well as what we've got in store!