Sand, World, Said

This is the thirteenth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 29 – June 4, 2017):

Monday: “Our Universities Aren’t Earning the Money We Give Them” by Ross Gittins, The Sydney Morning Herald

Tuesday: “Inside Sonny Rollins’s Jazz Archive, Headed Home to Harlem” by Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

Wednesday: “The Loneliness of Donald Trump” by Rebecca Solnit, Literary Hub

Thursday: “Elon Musk threatens to leave White House councils over Paris deal” by Nancy Scola, Politico

Friday: “Environmental Humanities, Volume 9, Number 1, Table of Contents,” Environmental Humanities

Saturday: “Drunk on Dunkirk spirit, the Brexiters are setting sail for a dangerous future” by Daniel Todman, The Guardian

Sunday: “The World is Running Out of Sand” by David Owen, The New Yorker

Top Words

1. sand

2. world

3. said

4. people

5. like

6. will

7. one

8. Rollins

9. Full

10. Text

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services. View more posts